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Originally Posted by Mari
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Yep, it always confounded me!
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Kids today express time differently.
When I say at "fifteen minutes till we will do this . . "
(I get vauge on purpose because it is too much trouble to figure out what hour has ALREADY passed. )
They say something like this to me: "you mean at 2:45?"
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I find that weird. What you say isnt' at all ambiguous, whatever time it is.
When I am out and about, if I forget my phone, I can end up really clueless about the time. I'll ask someone, and get "five till" as a response, which would normally be adequate. Then I seem to blow their minds when I ask five till what, especially if I hazard a guess... and guess wrong, or toss several guesses at them (multiple choice: five till one? two? three?)
Time --- Pink Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYX52BP2Sk
Caution earbud/phone wearers:
In the intro, the treble overtones about blew my eardrums at medium volume. I don't remember the vinyl doing this. Maybe it's from when they remasterd, or it's crappy audio encryption. My EQ wouldn't even dampen those tones ... too high.
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hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way"