Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.message-squaremessage-square72linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square72linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretrashboypro@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoPsst, confused American, let me give you a secret: Nobody uses the 24-hour clock in speech, we.just write with that and call 13:00 “1 PM” or something like that in our local language.
minus-squareFinalsolo963@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI wasn’t confused before, but now I am. If you have to do the conversion to 12 hour to speak, what’s the point?
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWe use them interchangeably in speech. Whichever one currently rolls off the tongue better. Idk about trashboy’s “nobody”.
Psst, confused American, let me give you a secret: Nobody uses the 24-hour clock in speech, we.just write with that and call 13:00 “1 PM” or something like that in our local language.
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I wasn’t confused before, but now I am. If you have to do the conversion to 12 hour to speak, what’s the point?
We use them interchangeably in speech. Whichever one currently rolls off the tongue better. Idk about trashboy’s “nobody”.