• allroy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    my parents always say it’s “quarter of”. I can’t make it make sense.

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      1 year ago

      Right?!

      Quarter til, quarter after…those are easy to understand. Same goes for half past.

      But quarter of? I have no idea how that relates to the passage of time.