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Re: Definition Drift, WAS: Bowditch 1995 Table 18
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2005 Feb 4, 14:26 -0500
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2005 Feb 4, 14:26 -0500
Frank- < They don't need no stinkin o'clock.> Could be. But "two fourty four" just isn't the same as "quarter to three" in my mind. The first is just a long time after two, the second is "nearly three". I like seeing the analog hands, they say more to me. Of course I also cheat, I often wear a watch with both analog and digital displays. And on vacation, I wear an old LED watch, that says NOTHING unless I make the effort of holding up one arm and pressing the button with the other. Sometimes, I don't want to be bothered with the time!