May. 25th, 2009 04:01 pm

Linguistic Curiosity

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Date: 2009-05-25 09:10 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] nekura-ca.livejournal.com
A quarter of eight, or a quarter OFF eight?
Date: 2009-05-25 09:13 pm (UTC)

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Quarter of.
Date: 2009-05-25 10:02 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] fallyn-angel.livejournal.com
Remember that phone game you used to play in a round as a kid?

Quarter off 8 makes more sense, but I wonder if just over time it got misheard and people started saying quarter of 8.
Date: 2009-05-25 10:21 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] poeticalpanther.livejournal.com
I learned it as "quarter of an hour remaining before $HOUR", in effect. In practice, we just learned it as "quarter of".
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