On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:36 am, bug posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:19:02 -0600, uncle arnie
wrote:

I've never heard this before. What does "quarter of 10" mean? Is this
before 10 or after 10? I thought it was my hearing until this was
repeated. "quarter to" and "quarter after", rarely "quarter past" are all
usual ways of saying this around here. Though digital clocks make it "ten
fifteen". I think this must be a regionalism or slang for somewhere in the
USA (?).

You're kidding, right?


I also hear "zulu" said instead of UTC (or the old GMT).

Again, you're kidding, right?


bug

No captain, this is US-speak, and not part of my world. I knew what zulu
was, just found it weird. The other, never could figure it out. Nobody
says stuff like that around here.