Submitted by BubbleThrive t3_11buqlv in Showerthoughts
BubbleThrive OP t1_j9zyj40 wrote
Reply to comment by scottevil110 in On a clock, the second hand is actually the third hand by BubbleThrive
Interesting! Why wouldn’t minutes then be firsts?
frankstuckinapark t1_ja00ej1 wrote
It’s a minute detail
BubbleThrive OP t1_ja0ivme wrote
Hilarious!!!!
Paaaaap t1_ja03e9o wrote
In Italian it is "minuti primi" and "minuti secondi" and they are shortened in "minuti" e "secondi" so minutes don't have the "first" in the name, i am guessing that in Latin it used to work somewhat similarly and the world followed
BubbleThrive OP t1_ja03rbo wrote
Wow! Thank you!
scottevil110 t1_j9zytie wrote
Absolutely no idea lol.
vshawk2 t1_ja11i10 wrote
Maybe when the minute division came along (and was widely used and accepted), they hadn't started using the "seconds" division yet.
So, no seconds ... no firsts.
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