ceargaest

[tʃæɑ̯rˠɣæːst]

linguist & software engineer in Lenapehoking; jewish ancom trans woman.

since twitter's burning gonna try bringing my posts about language stuff and losing my shit over star wars and such here - hi!


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hthrflwrs
@hthrflwrs

Minutes are too short. Seconds are also too short. Hours are just right. A new proposal:

  • there are 12 minutes in an hour (5 old-minutes)
  • there are 60 seconds on a minute (5 old-seconds)

This will fix many things.


ldx
@ldx

i think we need to go further

  • a quarter after
  • half past
  • a quarter ‘til

these are the natural subdivisions of the hour imo

anything more precise is an affront to human dignity



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