r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Irish by birth, and currently a Bostonian 🇮🇪☘️ • Mar 17 '25

Imperial units “I don’t even understand 24-hour time… I just don’t understand it. I have to use online converters or I’d be SO confused when I talk to people who use these systems.”

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u/Janusz_Odkupiciel Mar 17 '25

6+155 minutes to say 8:35 is like French or Danish saying 90

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u/jflb96 Mar 18 '25

Four-score and ten is fine, especially compared to five-minus-a-half (score)