dutchmaster Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 In Norwegian, quarter to the hour is expressed as quarter after half before. Let's see, in french that would translate to "(the hour) minus 15"! "Quarter till" equals one pivot or 160 acres which is a quarter section (640 acres). yup. dutchmaster Quote Link to comment
+Travelinmatt76 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 What I always hated is when you ask somebody what time it is and they say "quarter till" which means nothing if you don't know what hour it is. Then you have to ask quarter till what. Quote Link to comment
funinthealps Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 If halbe funf (half five) means 4:30 in German and "half 5 " means 5:30 in Ireland and half past 5 means 5:30 at my grandma's house, then I guess "quarter till" means veer und funfzig nach funf (5:45) in German and a fortnight is 2 weeks in Ireland, so obviously "a quarter till" means BOTH 15 minutes until the hour or 45 minutes past the hour. Could also mean West, 270 degrees, "to your left", or as previously mentioned a farming job 25% done. Make sense? Quote Link to comment
salmoned Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Glacial drift, size of a quarter? Quote Link to comment
+clearpath Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 What I always hated is when you ask somebody what time it is and they say "quarter till" which means nothing if you don't know what hour it is. Then you have to ask quarter till what. Yeah, I hate it when they say its two quarters till ... Quote Link to comment
Mvillian Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Half past the monkeys.........Oh nevermind!!! Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Say, has any one seen john + chris? Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Say, has any one seen john + chris? Well, they got the FTF for the cache (after their initial DNF), so I guess they don't need the responses any more Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 One of the things lost by the upcoming generation is the whole concept of "clockwise" and "counterclockwise." Analog clocks are a novelty - if they don't actually have numbers on them the young'uns are lost! (Generally - there are exceptions) Just to keep the young'uns confused, I have a clock like this on my desk at work Quote Link to comment
+WolfTrekker Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 One of the things lost by the upcoming generation is the whole concept of "clockwise" and "counterclockwise." Analog clocks are a novelty - if they don't actually have numbers on them the young'uns are lost! (Generally - there are exceptions) Just to keep the young'uns confused, I have a clock like this on my desk at work I love that clock! Where did you find that? I've got a few not-so-young'uns that would be confused by that Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Mine was given to me as a gift many years ago. I found the pic above on a listing on eBay. Search for "backwards clock" Quote Link to comment
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