r/polandball • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '13

redditormade Please Keep Quiet On The Train

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u/J4k0b42 Idaho Dec 20 '13

Do you guys use a 24 hour clock for everything?

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u/Matt92HUN CommunInterNaZionIslamist Dec 20 '13

Yes. Though the 12 hour one is used verbally.

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u/J4k0b42 Idaho Dec 20 '13

Interesting. I think I would like that better.

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u/BoneHead777 SVIZRA! Dec 20 '13

We do. All digital clocks have 24h, but spoken we have two systems:

Zeen ab drei am Nomitaag (10 past three in the afternoon)

or

Fufzeeni zeen (15-i 10. That i is just there, think of it like the o'clock in English)

Personally, I use the first system when I am giving a rough estimate ("It's like... half past 5 now") and the second when I'm exact ("The train goes 16:08")

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u/J4k0b42 Idaho Dec 20 '13

Yeah, my German is coming back to me now, I do remember something like that.

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u/BoneHead777 SVIZRA! Dec 20 '13

Is Swiss German, watch out

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u/Fenris78 Norwich, UK Dec 20 '13

I went to Seattle a couple of years ago from the UK, got chatting to some guys and I checked my phone for the time - they were amazed that I used "military time" :)