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st poll: Which do you use: "a quarter of" or "a quarter to"? -- nm

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Jul 17 '12, 09:50

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to or til -- nm - mara Jul 17, 10:17
to or til -- nm - JaxSean Jul 17, 10:03
I don't think I've ever heard "a quarter of" -- nm - Roger More Jul 17, 09:56 7
- it's British, isn't it? -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 10:05 6
  - I haven't found anything on this - except that it's mainly American. -- nm - Roger More Jul 17, 10:27 4
    - it's New England-ish I believe. Confused the hell out of me until it was explained which way it meant. I only know of it around Boston and maybe some - zork Jul 17, 10:43 2
      - Makes sense that kelly is the only one who's posted saying she uses it. -- nm - Roger More Jul 17, 10:45 1
        
        when I heard 10 of 3, I expected that it meant 10 minutes of the 3 o'clock hour will have gone by. nope. -- nm - zork Jul 17, 10:46
    - huh. who knew? -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 10:30
  - i hear it used a lot at/by - tRuMaN Jul 17, 10:09
to -- nm - Krusty Jul 17, 09:56
"to", but I always say "quartery to ....." - prayformojo Jul 17, 09:55 1
- Quartery to and C-3PO -- nm - con_carne Jul 17, 09:57
beer o' clock! -- nm - evil atheist znufrii Jul 17, 09:53
of. -- nm - kelly Jul 17, 09:53
Half past a monkey's a**, a quarter to... -- nm - budice Jul 17, 09:53
Equal opportunity on both and "til" as well. -- nm - TWuG Jul 17, 09:53
"to" -- nm - Andie Jul 17, 09:51

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