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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 (?).

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

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 (?).

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

Quarter of 10 means 15 minutes to 10.

Zulu is used the same as UTC and GMT. Zulu is more of a military term.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

All about UTC, GMT, and Zulu time at URL:

http://www.aros.net/~yogi/zulutime.htm

Well after travelling and living across the USA,
quarter of 10 (15 min before 10),
quarter to (15 min before the hour),
and quarter after (15 min after the hour),
quarter past (15 min after the hour)
are used everwhere I have been.
--
The Anon Keyboard
I doubt, therefore I might be



"uncle arnie" wrote in message
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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 (?).

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

The "Quarter of" / "Quarter till" and "Quarter past" / "Quarter after"
that dxAce and Keyboard in the Wilderness have mentioned refer to a
"Quarter" of an hour.

dxAce wrote:


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 (?).

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


Quarter of 10 means 15 minutes to 10.

Zulu is used the same as UTC and GMT. Zulu is more of a military term.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Al Patrick wrote:

The "Quarter of" / "Quarter till" and "Quarter past" / "Quarter after"
that dxAce and Keyboard in the Wilderness have mentioned refer to a
"Quarter" of an hour.

Well... yes, that's exactly what 15 minutes is!



dxAce wrote:


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 (?).

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


Quarter of 10 means 15 minutes to 10.

Zulu is used the same as UTC and GMT. Zulu is more of a military term.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Ace,

I knew YOU knew. I wasn't too sure about the party asking the original
question. ;-)

Al

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dxAce wrote:

Al Patrick wrote:


The "Quarter of" / "Quarter till" and "Quarter past" / "Quarter after"
that dxAce and Keyboard in the Wilderness have mentioned refer to a
"Quarter" of an hour.


Well... yes, that's exactly what 15 minutes is!



dxAce wrote:


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 (?).

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


Quarter of 10 means 15 minutes to 10.

Zulu is used the same as UTC and GMT. Zulu is more of a military term.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"Quarter Of" and "Quarter After" are more southern terms, though used other
places as well. "Quarter To" and "Quarter Past" are more northern terms
(Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Chicago). Zulu is also used in aviation.


"uncle arnie" wrote in message
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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 (?).

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

Thanks, you gave me the origin of this as well as the meaning by this post.

I imagine we could also do some other terms too.

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:14 pm, Al Patrick posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

Ace,

I knew YOU knew. I wasn't too sure about the party asking the original
question. ;-)

Al

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dxAce wrote:

Al Patrick wrote:


The "Quarter of" / "Quarter till" and "Quarter past" / "Quarter after"
that dxAce and Keyboard in the Wilderness have mentioned refer to a
"Quarter" of an hour.


Well... yes, that's exactly what 15 minutes is!



dxAce wrote:


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 (?).

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


Quarter of 10 means 15 minutes to 10.

Zulu is used the same as UTC and GMT. Zulu is more of a military term.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Radio Flyer wrote:
"Quarter Of" and "Quarter After" are more southern terms, though used other
places as well. "Quarter To" and "Quarter Past" are more northern terms
(Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Chicago). Zulu is also used in aviation.

We also use "quarter after" (as well as "quarter past") here
in the Great White North -- however, I've never heard
"quarter of" before.

One quareter of an hour to go before beginning the next hour (or
completing the current one).

uncle arnie wrote in message ...
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 (?).

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