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cjsdowg 01/16/25 5:17:48 PM #1:	I heard that today and had to look it up. It is 9:45. --- Pronouns: I'M/HIM <cite>cjsdowg posted [p:983691800] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I heard that today and had to look it up. It is 9:45. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
psideresider 01/16/25 5:18:19 PM #2:	Yes --- "Running twice as fast to stay in the same place" -Faith No More <cite>psideresider posted [p:983691803] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Yes</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 01/16/25 5:18:52 PM #3:	Quarter to Ten? Yes --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:983691814] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Quarter to Ten? Yes</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 01/16/25 5:18:54 PM #4:	Of? No that doesnt make sense to me --- BLACK LIVES MATTER Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:983691816] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Of? No that doesnt make sense to me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DipDipDiver 01/16/25 5:19:13 PM #5:	I would take that to mean 10:15 9:45 is quarter til 10 or quarter to 10. --- Sack to crack, going to town <cite>DipDipDiver posted [p:983691821] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I would take that to mean 10:159:45 is quarter til 10 or quarter to 10.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass 01/16/25 5:19:21 PM #6:	psideresider posted... Yes --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Bass posted [p:983691824] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>psideresider posted... </cite><quote>Yes</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TomClark 01/16/25 5:21:10 PM #7:	I'd say "to" rather than "of" but I would know what was meant. --- http://i.imgur.com/6eF0W.gif <cite>TomClark posted [p:983691845] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I'd say "to" rather than "of" but I would know what was meant.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PMarth2002 01/16/25 5:21:22 PM #8:	either 9:45 or 10:15. i thought 9:45 first, but I'd probably ask them to specify because that's pretty ambiguous. --- You're a screws-loose boozer, an only one-star reviews-er You're a power bottom at rock bottom, but you got company <cite>PMarth2002 posted [p:983691848] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>either 9:45 or 10:15. i thought 9:45 first, but I'd probably ask them to specify because that's pretty ambiguous.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumble 01/16/25 5:22:19 PM #9:	I wouldnt be sure if it meant 9.45 or 10.15. If they said to or past Id know what they meant. --- Warning: This post contains Trumbles known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. <cite>Trumble posted [p:983691862] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I wouldnt be sure if it meant 9.45 or 10.15. If they said to or past Id know what they meant.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMolinaro 01/16/25 5:23:03 PM #10:	2:30 <cite>MrMolinaro posted [p:983691869] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>2:30</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ironman2009 01/16/25 5:23:38 PM #11:	just say 9:45 you fuckin nerd --- THRILLHO <cite>ironman2009 posted [p:983691879] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>just say 9:45 you fuckin nerd</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 01/16/25 5:23:38 PM #12:	What always bugged me is when people would say "it's half past" ... Half past what? I don't know what time it is, that's why I'm asking. --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:983691880] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>What always bugged me is when people would say "it's half past" ... Half past what? I don't know what time it is, that's why I'm asking. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrMelodramatic 01/16/25 5:23:58 PM #13:	Quarter to/til ten, 9:45 quarter OF ten? 2:30. --- Forever Momo; Always EPic <cite>MrMelodramatic posted [p:983691893] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Quarter to/til ten, 9:45 quarter OF ten? 2:30. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
InfinityMonster 01/16/25 5:24:12 PM #14:	2.5 --- "It lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge" <cite>InfinityMonster posted [p:983691897] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>2.5</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 01/16/25 5:24:26 PM #15:	A quarter "of" 10 is 2:30. --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:983691902] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>A quarter "of" 10 is 2:30.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ai123 01/16/25 5:27:53 PM #16:	I've heard it very rarely. Maybe in old films. Apparently from '[it lacks] a quarter of [the hour of] ten'. It's common in the UK to say 'half' instead of 'half past' (10.30 = 'half ten'). Which is kind of similar. --- 'Vinyl is the poor man's art collection'. Let in the refugees, deport the racists. <cite>ai123 posted [p:983691951] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I've heard it very rarely. Maybe in old films. Apparently from '[it lacks] a quarter of [the hour of] ten'.It's common in the UK to say 'half' instead of 'half past' (10.30 = 'half ten'). Which is kind of similar.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/16/25 5:37:24 PM #17:	It means 945 even though it logically should mean 230. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983692095] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>It means 945 even though it logically should mean 230.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tankboy 01/16/25 6:02:26 PM #18:	If I can assume that the listener knows the approximate time, I'd normally shorten it to "quarter of". <cite>tankboy posted [p:983692428] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>If I can assume that the listener knows the approximate time, I'd normally shorten it to "quarter of".</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tankboy 01/16/25 6:08:39 PM #20:	It's "of" by generalization, since it's common to use constructions like "five of" (x:55). It means we are within five minutes of the next hour. <cite>tankboy posted [p:983692517] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>It's "of" by generalization, since it's common to use constructions like "five of" (x:55). It means we are within five minutes of the next hour.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 01/16/25 6:15:41 PM #21:	If someone were to ask you to get a quarter of a gallon of milk, how much would you bring back? --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:983692598] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>If someone were to ask you to get a quarter of a gallon of milk, how much would you bring back?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoxObscuras 01/16/25 6:16:28 PM #22:	Yes. We learned how to describe time that way back in elementary school here, as part of learning how to tell time. Things like a quarter to/till, and half past. Although I would be confused for a moment because of their use of "of" there. --- Steam/Xbox/PSN = NoxObscuras <cite>NoxObscuras posted [p:983692608] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Yes. We learned how to describe time that way back in elementary school here, as part of learning how to tell time. Things like a quarter to/till, and half past. Although I would be confused for a moment because of their use of "of" there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Homeless_Waifu 01/16/25 6:20:13 PM #23:	I don't see why people gotta be extra cryptic about time >__> --- HERRO EvryBody. HOW ARE YOU? FINE OKAY! <cite>Homeless_Waifu posted [p:983692665] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote> I don't see why people gotta be extra cryptic about time >__></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PissedOffMonk 01/16/25 6:23:25 PM #24:	Homeless_Waifu posted... I don't see why people gotta be extra cryptic about time >__> This is what people actually meant when they complain people cant tell time. <cite>PissedOffMonk posted [p:983692709] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Homeless_Waifu posted... </cite><quote>I don't see why people gotta be extra cryptic about time >__></quote>This is what people actually meant when they complain people cant tell time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Choco 01/16/25 6:23:59 PM #25:	that should be 9:15 you people are weird --- https://i.imgur.com/286sD4e.png http://error1355.com/ce/Choco.html <cite>Choco posted [p:983692719] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>that should be 9:15you people are weird </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DrizztLink 01/16/25 6:24:55 PM #26:	Choco posted... that should be 9:15 you people are weird says something utterly unhinged calls us weird --- He/Him http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/9846/images/slowpoke.gif https://i.imgur.com/M8h2ATe.png https://i.imgur.com/6ezFwG1.png <cite>DrizztLink posted [p:983692731] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Choco posted... </cite><quote>that should be 9:15you people are weird</quote>says something utterly unhingedcalls us weird</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Homeless_Waifu 01/16/25 6:35:10 PM #27:	PissedOffMonk posted... This is what people actually meant when they complain people cant tell time. I mean theres telling time and then theres speaking in a way thats not commonly spoken often. Its not necessarily a bad thing per-say but if the goal is to tell someone time why not say it in a way the average person will understand? its like someone is asking you for directions and you give them coordinates instead. --- HERRO EvryBody. HOW ARE YOU? FINE OKAY! <cite>Homeless_Waifu posted [p:983692863] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>PissedOffMonk posted... </cite><quote>This is what people actually meant when they complain people cant tell time.</quote>I mean theres telling time and then theres speaking in a way thats not commonly spoken often. Its not necessarily a bad thing per-say but if the goal is to tell someone time why not say it in a way the average person will understand?its like someone is asking you for directions and you give them coordinates instead.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tankboy 01/16/25 6:35:26 PM #28:	I get that "of" can be confusing, if you didn't learn it as a kid, but it's just one of those weird constructs that probably made more sense in archaic English. I assume that everybody accepts that "o' clock" means "of clock"? <cite>tankboy posted [p:983692868] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I get that "of" can be confusing, if you didn't learn it as a kid, but it's just one of those weird constructs that probably made more sense in archaic English. I assume that everybody accepts that "o' clock" means "of clock"?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 01/16/25 6:36:28 PM #29:	I read the old sherlock holmes books as a kid --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:983692879] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I read the old sherlock holmes books as a kid</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Choco 01/17/25 4:47:04 AM #30:	DrizztLink posted... says something utterly unhinged calls us weird how else could quarter of 10 possibly be interpreted if not a quarter of the 10th hour. --- https://i.imgur.com/286sD4e.png http://error1355.com/ce/Choco.html <cite>Choco posted [p:983698148] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>DrizztLink posted... </cite><quote>says something utterly unhingedcalls us weird</quote>how else could quarter of 10 possibly be interpreted if not a quarter of the 10th hour.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Notti 01/17/25 4:53:30 AM #31:	9:45 Common in my home. --- http://youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/videos http://youtube.com/SamSeder/videos http://RightWingWatch.org http://reddit.com/r/BreadTube http://fb.me/OccupyDemocrats <cite>Notti posted [p:983698170] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>9:45Common in my home.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HANGtheDJ_86 01/17/25 6:02:14 AM #32:	This topic is giving me "calling out" sick vibes Close but no cigar. Regional differences are such a funny thing. --- I feel well put <cite>HANGtheDJ_86 posted [p:983698439] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>This topic is giving me "calling out" sick vibesClose but no cigar. Regional differences are such a funny thing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LeoRavus 01/17/25 6:06:25 AM #33:	10 x .25 = 2.5 = 2:30 --- This is where cool people write stuff. <cite>LeoRavus posted [p:983698462] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>10 x .25 = 2.5 = 2:30</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 01/17/25 6:10:01 AM #34:	I would guess that it meant 10:15, because I assume that if they meant 9:45 they would say a quarter until (or to) 10. If I'm wrong... then no, I guess I wouldn't know what it means. <cite>Philip027 posted [p:983698489] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I would guess that it meant 10:15, because I assume that if they meant 9:45 they would say a quarter until (or to) 10.If I'm wrong... then no, I guess I wouldn't know what it means.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 01/17/25 6:19:30 AM #35:	TomClark posted... I'd say "to" rather than "of" but I would know what was meant. Yeah. Of is a New England thing, isnt it? <cite>Glob posted [p:983698533] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>TomClark posted... </cite><quote>I'd say "to" rather than "of" but I would know what was meant.</quote>Yeah. Of is a New England thing, isnt it?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TomClark 01/17/25 6:34:44 AM #36:	Glob posted... Yeah. Of is a New England thing, isnt it? Probably - I'm mainly familiar with it via Stephen King I think. --- http://i.imgur.com/6eF0W.gif <cite>TomClark posted [p:983698616] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Glob posted... </cite><quote>Yeah. Of is a New England thing, isnt it?</quote>Probably - I'm mainly familiar with it via Stephen King I think.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tankboy 01/17/25 7:00:33 AM #37:	I'm still on line for a plain pizza even though I called at quarter of. <cite>tankboy posted [p:983698726] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>I'm still on line for a plain pizza even though I called at quarter of.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tripleh213 01/17/25 7:09:11 AM #38:	Yes --- Bucks World Champions 2021 PS4 looks great <cite>tripleh213 posted [p:983698764] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Yes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 01/17/25 8:14:06 AM #39:	MrMelodramatic posted... Quarter to/til ten, 9:45 quarter OF ten? 2:30. --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:983699143] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>MrMelodramatic posted... </cite><quote>Quarter to/til ten, 9:45 quarter OF ten? 2:30.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 01/17/25 8:22:13 AM #40:	If someone asked me for a quarter of a dollar, I'd give them 25 cents, not 75 cents. --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:983699185] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>If someone asked me for a quarter of a dollar, I'd give them 25 cents, not 75 cents.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WrkHrdPlayHrdr 01/17/25 8:30:29 AM #41:	Anytime someone says the time to me like that I ask them specifically what time. For some reason this knowledge just never stuck in my head. --- "No. I'm a man so theyll get me a full size McDouble." - DuncanWii https://i.imgur.com/cSxy3Od.png <cite>WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted [p:983699254] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Anytime someone says the time to me like that I ask them specifically what time. For some reason this knowledge just never stuck in my head. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 01/17/25 8:36:28 AM #42:	WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted... Anytime someone says the time to me like that I ask them specifically what time. For some reason this knowledge just never stuck in my head. If someone said this to me, I'd ask for clarification too but not because I can't remember; because I don't just blindly trust some rando on the street to know what THEY mean. As in, I know it's supposed to be 9:45, but I want to make sure THEY know it's supposed to mean 9:45. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:983699282] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted... </cite><quote>Anytime someone says the time to me like that I ask them specifically what time. For some reason this knowledge just never stuck in my head.</quote>If someone said this to me, I'd ask for clarification too but not because I can't remember; because I don't just blindly trust some rando on the street to know what THEY mean.As in, I know it's supposed to be 9:45, but I want to make sure THEY know it's supposed to mean 9:45.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tankboy 01/17/25 11:28:52 AM #43:	Saying "quarter of 10" means is 2:30 is like saying a height of "five foot eight" is literally 5.8 feet, and therefore 5' 9.6". Or that a six figure income could mean you make $1,234.56 / yr. Yeah, not everything in English is literal. <cite>tankboy posted [p:983701177] in Would you ... [t:80919170]...</cite> <quote>Saying "quarter of 10" means is 2:30 is like saying a height of "five foot eight" is literally 5.8 feet, and therefore 5' 9.6". Or that a six figure income could mean you make $1,234.56 / yr. Yeah, not everything in English is literal.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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