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Laine · 07-11-2011, 08:09 AM

I grew up in England using all the old terms. But now I live in a suburb of Sydney where the predominant languages are Vietnamese, Chinese and Cambodian. I quickly learned to go digital as terms like 10 to 5 just completely confused everyone.

I think everyone will end up using 5:35, 5:55 eventually.

As an aside it took me a long time to find out that when I was asked "Do you have the time?" they didn't want to know. I would just look at my watch and say 3 o'clock. My husband eventually informed me that it was code for did I want to buy drugs. It made me wonder what the code was in the 60s. I always found it strange I sailed through the swinging sixties and missed it all.

07-11-2011, 08:09 AM	#34
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	I grew up in England using all the old terms. But now I live in a suburb of Sydney where the predominant languages are Vietnamese, Chinese and Cambodian. I quickly learned to go digital as terms like 10 to 5 just completely confused everyone. I think everyone will end up using 5:35, 5:55 eventually. As an aside it took me a long time to find out that when I was asked "Do you have the time?" they didn't want to know. I would just look at my watch and say 3 o'clock. My husband eventually informed me that it was code for did I want to buy drugs. It made me wonder what the code was in the 60s. I always found it strange I sailed through the swinging sixties and missed it all. Last edited by Laine; 07-11-2011 at 08:10 AM. Reason: redundancy