“See the 2 rods coming from the center, with the long one pointing up and to the right, and the short one pointing up and to the left?
What are those for?”
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LOL.
I shouldn’t laugh too much, as I’m sure there may well be young people that are only used to reading time on a digital display.
I have a radio-controlled clock on the wall in my apartment, and it displays in 24-hour time. A young American colleague visiting my pad was confused, to put it mildly.
“What’s 17:22 mean?” I had to explain it to her.
”It’s really simple and convenient - all you have to do is subtract 12 from it and you know what time it is.”