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Post by greendragonlady on Jun 4, 2021 3:00:33 GMT
I'm from New England, and most of the people I know would say "quarter of." I guess everyone is stupid here. That's how I say it, and I'm also from New England. Maybe it sounds stupid because I can't quite get the R sound in the middle of quarter. "It's quahtah of...we gotta get to the packie befah it closes!" It's funny...I grew up in MA, but I don't drop my Rs. My cousins would all tease me and my brother about it!
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 4, 2021 3:22:02 GMT
"It's quahtah of...we gotta get to the packie befah it closes!" It's funny...I grew up in MA, but I don't drop my Rs. My cousins would all tease me and my brother about it! I grew up right over the border in southern NH. I have it (the accent), and my older brother, doesn't. We lived in CT until I was 4 (he was almost 10), and then moved to NH). I couldn't even go to a packie unless I went over the border! I'd have to go to one of the state liquah stores. You know, those ones right on the highway?!
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Post by greendragonlady on Jun 4, 2021 3:37:58 GMT
"It's quahtah of...we gotta get to the packie befah it closes!" It's funny...I grew up in MA, but I don't drop my Rs. My cousins would all tease me and my brother about it! I grew up right over the border in southern NH. I have it (the accent), and my older brother, doesn't. We lived in CT until I was 4 (he was almost 10), and then moved to NH). I couldn't even go to a packie unless I went over the border! I'd have to go to one of the state liquah stores. You know, those ones right on the highway?! Oh, I know them well! I've lived in NH since I was 9! My husband is from the midwest, and he thought it was so weird that the liquor stores are A) operated by the state, and B) on the highway C) at "safety rest areas!" He also hates the exit numbering here. He's used to Exits being numbered by mile.
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 4, 2021 3:48:43 GMT
My husband is from the midwest, and he thought it was so weird that the liquor stores are A) operated by the state, and B) on the highway C) at "safety rest areas!" He also hates the exit numbering here. He's used to Exits being numbered by mile. If the state running liquor stores help keep the sales tax out, they can keep it all for sale at the rest areas. I don't think I ever noticed the exit numbers being weird. My husband wasn't from NH, he was stationed there in the Air Force when we met. I'll have to ask him if he thought that. I'll tell ya, the stop lights on the on ramps here in the Denver area are obnoxious!
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Post by greendragonlady on Jun 4, 2021 4:08:01 GMT
My husband is from the midwest, and he thought it was so weird that the liquor stores are A) operated by the state, and B) on the highway C) at "safety rest areas!" He also hates the exit numbering here. He's used to Exits being numbered by mile. If the state running liquor stores help keep the sales tax out, they can keep it all for sale at the rest areas. I don't think I ever noticed the exit numbers being weird. My husband wasn't from NH, he was stationed there in the Air Force when we met. I'll have to ask him if he thought that. I'll tell ya, the stop lights on the on ramps here in the Denver area are obnoxious! Yep...love the no sales or income tax! He must have been at Pease? Yeah...my husband isn't used to the Exits just being consecutively numbered, regardless of how far apart they are (or far from the beginning of the highway). He's used to Exit 2 is 2 miles from the start, Exit 10 is 10 miles, etc. I don't think I would stop lights on the on ramps either!
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Post by theshyone on Jun 4, 2021 11:27:05 GMT
Ten forty-five or quarter TO eleven - The first to my son that does not do clock faces, the quarter to is used the rest of th ectime
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jun 4, 2021 13:15:39 GMT
Wow, not very tolerant of regional (or whatever) differences. 8 other people answered the same way I did on the poll, so obviously, people say it. I'm from New England, and most of the people I know would say "quarter of." I guess everyone is stupid here. Meh. Don’t worry about it. Nobody here is going to agree with a judgement of stupid language use based on inexperience and a singularly parochial world view. The people I’ve known who say “quarter of” were all from New England areas or Philadelphia. They also said “ten of,” “five of,” etc. Do you say that?
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Post by greendragonlady on Jun 4, 2021 13:20:06 GMT
Wow, not very tolerant of regional (or whatever) differences. 8 other people answered the same way I did on the poll, so obviously, people say it. I'm from New England, and most of the people I know would say "quarter of." I guess everyone is stupid here. Meh. Don’t worry about it. Nobody here is going to agree with a judgement of stupid language use based on inexperience and a singularly parochial world view. The people I’ve known who say “quarter of” were all from New England areas or Philadelphia. They also said “ten of,” “five of,” etc. Do you say that? Yep
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Post by *sprout* on Jun 4, 2021 13:21:52 GMT
Either quarter to 11 or 10:45.
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Post by peabay on Jun 4, 2021 13:28:00 GMT
10:45 or quarter of 11.
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Post by katiejane on Jun 4, 2021 14:26:06 GMT
Quarter to eleven OR Ten forty five Depending on whether I want to make it sound earlier or later! I have never heard anybody say "quarter of" or "quarter til". They both sound so weird to my ears! Yep me too. But usually it is quarter to, quarter past or half past. I have never heard anyone say quarter til.
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 4, 2021 15:38:38 GMT
He must have been at Pease? No, actually he was at New Boston Air Force Station. Most people have never heard of it. Yep...love the no sales or income tax! I do too. Every time I come home to visit I'm happy about the sales tax all over again. It certainly is reflected in property taxes though. Mine in a suburb of Denver are WAY lower than family members out there. When my nephew and his wife were buying a new house last year, I'd send them links if something in my neighborhood when on the market. They were shocked at the prices out here, but really, when the taxes are figured into mortgage payments there, it brings the payments a lot closer than you'd think. It's crazy. Yeah...my husband isn't used to the Exits just being consecutively numbered, regardless of how far apart they are (or far from the beginning of the highway). He's used to Exit 2 is 2 miles from the start, Exit 10 is 10 miles, etc. Huh. I can't picture anywhere that could easily just have exits every mile or so, and not where they're needed to get to places. They have mile markers if you need to know how far you've gone since the start. I don't think I would stop lights on the on ramps either! Stupidest invention evah! You're supposed to be getting up to highway speeds to merge, and you have to stop halfway up the ramp at a red light. There's 2 lanes, so 2 cars can go at a time. Now you're starting from a dead stop and have to floor it to speed up and try to merge. I'd rather drive in Boston every single day than drive here for multiple reasons, but that's up at the top of the list. The people I’ve known who say “quarter of” were all from New England areas or Philadelphia. They also said “ten of,” “five of,” etc. Do you say that? Yes! Often the hour isn't even said. Like, those years when trying to get my kids out the door for school (I'm not sad to be done with those mornings!), I would be yelling "It's ten of, let's friggen go!!!" They were bright enough to know what time that translated to.
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 4, 2021 15:42:58 GMT
You're in CT, right? Definitely seems to be a regional thing and not a stupid thing.
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Post by gina on Jun 4, 2021 16:59:30 GMT
Quarter to
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Post by greendragonlady on Jun 4, 2021 18:38:23 GMT
Yes! Often the hour isn't even said. Like, those years when trying to get my kids out the door for school (I'm not sad to be done with those mornings!), I would be yelling "It's ten of, let's friggen go!!!" They were bright enough to know what time that translated to.
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Post by katiejane on Jun 4, 2021 18:49:14 GMT
If you say "quarter of" for 10.45 or quarter to 11. What do you say for quarter past 11.15?
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Post by anniefb on Jun 4, 2021 19:19:34 GMT
Quarter to 11 or 10.45.
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Post by my3freaks on Jun 4, 2021 20:49:49 GMT
If you say "quarter of" for 10.45 or quarter to 11. What do you say for quarter past 11.15? I'd say "quarter after 11".
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Post by greendragonlady on Jun 4, 2021 22:52:06 GMT
If you say "quarter of" for 10.45 or quarter to 11. What do you say for quarter past 11.15? I say quarter past
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