Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 19, 2014Why did "fifteen" replace "quarter" in relation to mins/hours? As in 'quarter past 10' vs 10:15 or 'quarter of an hour' instead of 15 mins.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @zem42.@zem42 I suspect it goes back to wristwatches...before that your sense of time would be auditory (clock strikes) more than visual.1:05 AM · Oct 19, 2014
zem@zem42·Oct 19, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr i got the sense that people started telling the time to the minute rather than to the quarter when digital watches went ubiquitous12
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 19, 2014Replying to @zem42@zem42 hmm...okay, that sounds more plausible than my theory.
Peter Laudenslager@peterl·Oct 19, 2014Replying to @vgr@vgr @zem42 maybe analog vs digital watches. Hand is quarter or half way around. Digital watch reports 10:17 or 10:321