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Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?

I noticed that I and Alexa say “six ‘oh’ five a m”, but is that the correct way of saying the time? Specifically the “oh” part?

Kind of like when speaking out a phone number, how we might say “my number is one two three, six ‘oh’ six…” but really, that’s not an “oh” like the letter O even though it looks like an O, but everyone knows the person is saying “six zero six”, which is the proper way of saying that.

Edit: thanks for all the answers everyone! This was just pure curiosity for me but I really enjoyed reading everyone’s responses and learning some new things!

QaspR ,

I suppose the “proper” way of saying this is “Five past six,” but I don’t see any real problem with “six o-five”

lud ,

I usually say either: zero six zero five, OR five past six

x4740N ,
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6 05

Or 5 past 6

mysoulishome ,
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Fifty-five minutes before Seven P.M.

DannyMac ,
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I say “six oh five,” but with numbers, I say “zero” or “oh.”

ICastFist ,
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Six and five in the morning - Seis e cinco da manhã

Pulptastic ,

youtu.be/PyyPRuggzBc

RizzRustbolt ,

The hour of six, and five minutes past.

umulu ,
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You woke up and choose violence? XD

edgemaster72 ,
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yeah that’s just gonna be a 6 am from me dawg, I’m not splitting hairs over 5 minutes

Witchfire ,
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6:30 in ADHD time

RandomWalker ,

I would likely say six oh five as would my wife and friends. We’re all American from different parts of the country, so I suspect this is a difference in British v American English.

Squizzy ,

Five past/after 6

Skwerls ,

I feel like it’s the same as the way we date things as well. American is month (larger unit) then day (small unit) whereas 5 after 6 gives them in small to largest.

I do wonder about the syntax once you add seconds to the time.

Gallardo994 ,

No 12/24h, only unix timestamps.

On a serious note, anything that other people understand works. 6-oh-five isn’t a mistake but I generally hear “5 past 6” from most people.

Whatever Alexa says is probably meant to be localizable to other languages as well.

spongebue ,

May I ask where you live? Everyone I (American) know always says six o five, six twenty two, six thirty, and quarter after/quarter to six (but only on the quarters). Something past the hour is understood, but not common. I feel like when I do hear it, it’s from someone with an accent.

Gallardo994 ,

I live in Georgia (the country) and I am speaking mostly of internet experience. Yeah it could include non-native speakers, that’s why I mentioned “most people I know”. I still prefer the way you mentioned as it’s much clearer anyway.

lorez ,

6 in the morning.

fhek ,

Everyone in here saying “5 past 6”.

I’ve been saying “5 after 6” or “6 oh 5” my whole life. I’m from Canada & in my early 30s.

  • 5 after X
  • 10 after X
  • 5/10 to X
  • Quarter after X
  • Quarter to X

Etc.

TheDoctorDonna ,

Same. And I’ve lived in several places across Canada and it seems to be pretty universal here.

echodot ,

In French they say 6 hours 5 minutes, all time is after and no time is to.

So 9:55 would be 9 hours 55 minutes, whereas in English we would say 5 minutes to 10, the French system just seems more consistent.

isles ,

As an American, I’ve followed the French pattern my whole life. I’ve never once said minutes to or till an hour.

HeartyBeast ,
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"Five past 6"

But 6 oh 5 is also fine

Sludgeyy ,

55 to the hour

Chickenstalker ,

I call it Whiskey time.

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