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minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up84·8 hours agoI feel obligated because this was posted the last time I saw this:
minus-squareRotSteinFinke@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up31·7 hours agoI recently learned that the word clock originally ment bell or bell chime. It’s related to the German word Glocke. So 7 o’clock = 7 bongs…
minus-squarevateso5074@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·6 hours agoMakes sense then why “clock” still has the additional meaning of “to hit.” Like “I clocked him on the head.”
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 hours agoOr clock rate in computers/electronics describing the frequency
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoAnd the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”
I feel obligated because this was posted the last time I saw this:
I recently learned that the word clock originally ment bell or bell chime. It’s related to the German word Glocke. So 7 o’clock = 7 bongs…
Makes sense then why “clock” still has the additional meaning of “to hit.” Like “I clocked him on the head.”
Or clock rate in computers/electronics describing the frequency
Yes, 7 tolls of the clock
And the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”