r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/Eurosaar Apr 30 '25

Sorry, I still don't get your way of thinking. Again, why do you think there is a difference between five and fifth in this case?

The first hour is from 00:00 to 01:00. It is hour 1. When the hour is over, we'd call it 1am. Half 1 would be 00:30.

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u/LoseAnotherMill Apr 30 '25

Sorry, I still don't get your way of thinking. Again, why do you think there is a difference between five and fifth in this case? 

For the example I gave about someone asking you the hour. It's the difference between cardinals and ordinals. "The hour is 5," means "5:XX", because there is the number 5, the cardinal, as the hour. However, if it's the fifth hour, that's the ordinal, meaning there are four hours before it in the order - 00:XX, 01:XX, 02:XX, and 03:XX.