The Time is at Hand

thuh freakthuh freak
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
okay, "What time is it?" i'd say all of you (english speakers) have heard the expression. what the fvck is "it" in that sentence. "what time is [what?]?" what is the [it] supposed to refer to? Is there some blcok of earth or interstellar matter that all time relates to? The more i thik of the question, the bigger it seems to get.

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    thegeldingthegelding Posts: 3,230member
    what time is it "now"....or more completely with manners, "Sir or madam, If you are wearing a watch, could you please tell me what time it is right now? Thank you." we americans are lazy and often don't finish a sentence when we think we can save a word or two and still be understood....g
  • Reply 2 of 7
    a10t2a10t2 Posts: 191member
    I've always thought that was "it" in the sense of "it is raining", time, like the weather, being something that just *is* rather than something that is possesed. In that case, "it" would refer to the present time. So "What is the present time?" became "What (time) is it?"
  • Reply 3 of 7
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    the short answer: English makes no sense. Do not attempt to make sense of it, or your head will explode.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    [quote]Originally posted by thegelding:

    <strong>we americans are lazy and often don't finish a sentence when we think we can save a word or two and still be understood....g</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I'd say you Americans take your laziness further than that, you even miss letters out of words if you think they will still be understood, especially 'u' (humour, harbour, colour, honour etc).
  • Reply 5 of 7
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    [quote]Originally posted by BuonRotto:

    the short answer: English makes no sense. Do not attempt to make sense of it, or your head will explode.<hr></blockquote>



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 6 of 7
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    Wait a minute ... I'm confused. I thought "what time is it?" was an e-bonic thing. Back in the day it used to mean "yo Ice, what's *really* goin' on here?" Which begs the question, who came up with "back in the day"? Which day?



    *shakes head* I'm just not "down" anymore.



    <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" />
  • Reply 7 of 7
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    [quote]Originally posted by Moogs:

    <strong>I thought "what time is it?" was an e-bonic thing.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    :confused:



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