Thread: I have a Time Question

Originally Posted by Xei

Sorry for thinking you were an idiot, I didn't realise they don't use it in the states. It was like you just asked everybody how to add up, or spell. The 24 hour system is ubiquitous in the UK, especially for timetabled things like transport, or on digital displays, though in speech we almost always use the 12 hour system because it's pretty obvious which one you mean.

That's probably true for all of Europe. I know for Germany it is..

To say something like 22 o'clock would work fine. To say it's quarter past 22 would sound weird, though. To say 'twentytwo-fifteen' on the other hand would work fine again. But most people, if asked for the time for example and no specification is neccessary at all would probably just say it's quarter past ten. But both is understood.

We don't have am or pm though, but it works just as fine to specifify the time of day, like four in the morning or eleven at night would be common things to say.

Originally Posted by dajo

That's probably true for all of Europe. I know for Germany it is..

To say something like 22 o'clock would work fine. To say it's quarter past 22 would sound weird, though. To say 'twentytwo-fifteen' on the other hand would work fine again. But most people, if asked for the time for example and no specification is neccessary at all would probably just say it's quarter past ten. But both is understood.

We don't have am or pm though, but it works just as fine to specifify the time of day, like four in the morning or eleven at night would be common things to say.

This confuses me very much.

Do you think a lot about how you construct your sentences and word order while you write?

It's just how it got established, I know what's right by the sound of it, because that's how I learned it. I could never get on board with feet, inches, pounds and all that jazz. That's what confuses me for example.

Originally Posted by dajo

Do you think a lot about how you construct your sentences and word order while you write?
Why do you ask?? Did I say something weird??
It's just how it got established, I know what's right by the sound of it, because that's how I learned it. I could never get on board with feet, inches, pounds and all that jazz. That's what confuses me for example.

Ah, I see now.