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minus-squareRotSteinFinke@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up45·13 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-squareantsu@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoHello there, fellow Rob Words enjoyer.
minus-squarevateso5074@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·12 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-up14·11 hours agoOr clock rate in computers/electronics describing the frequency
minus-squareicelimit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-24 hours agoBangs/second. Time to clock op’s mum
minus-squaremadjo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 hours agoAnd the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”
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…
Hello there, fellow Rob Words enjoyer.
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
Bangs/second.
Time to clock op’s mum
And the o’ in o’clock means “of the clock”
Yes, 7 tolls of the clock