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Re:Reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi (2017) by enobrev on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @09:58AM (#19624653)
That reminds me of how in the Northeast they say "Quarter of [hour]" whereas in the Midwest it's "Quarter after [hour]". The former confuses me every time, with my immediate thought being "is 'of' before or after"? My wife, who is from the Northeast, just confirmed it's "before"

Edit: I mistyped my comment as "after". The replies are justified.

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Re:Reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi (2017) by thescriptkiddie on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:18AM (#19624856)
I'm pretty sure that "quarter of" means 15 minutes before, not after. But confusingly, I've also heard people day just "quarter" (no "of") to mean 15 minutes after.
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Re:Reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi (2017) by Dylan16807 on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:37PM (#19626364)
"quarter of" is easy.

Try asking people what "half three" means.

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Re:Reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi (2017) by smackmybishop on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @10:27AM (#19624970)
Your wife is wrong, it means "before."
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