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   templo SUD said, 5 months ago

   The Spanish doesn’t make sense. (Sergio: «It’s eleven minus five.» Baldo: «Oh, it’s still seven o’clock.»)
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   Gigantor said, 5 months ago

   Do kids even understand things like “10 past” or “20 to” anymore? I thought since they only learned to read digital clocks, for example, 4:45 would be read as four forty five and no other way.
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   pschearer said, 5 months ago

   @Gigantor

   I forget the details, but Spanish has an odd way of telling time approaching the hour; you can look it up. (In German they say things like three/fourths twelve, meaning 11:45.)
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   Kylie2112 said, 5 months ago

   @pschearer

   This would be “once menos vente.” (11, minus 20). German is similar to English (this case would be “zehn Uhr vierzig,” or 10 o’clock 40)..
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   Jeffrey Hope said, 5 months ago

   @Gigantor

   That’s how I’ve generally learned to tell time in a foreign language. The joke in the Spanish-language version of this comic with how they do it is, in my opinion, funnier than this one, though Baldo’s math is wrong in that one. (It’s changed to “once menos cinco”, literally “eleven minus five”, and Baldo replies with “todavía son las siete”, or “it’s still seven” (which should be seis/six).
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   pschearer said, 5 months ago

   @Kylie2112

   Kylie: Of course the Germans can say “zehn Uhr vierzig” (10:40), but what I’m saying is that rather than saying “zehn Uhr fuenfundvierzig” (10:45) they will say “dreiviertel Elf” (3/4 11), which Americans are prone to be confused by.
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   ncalifgirl58 said, 5 months ago

   @Gigantor

   In Calif. faceclock time is taught in 2nd grade for about 4 weeks a few minutes each day. They either get it or they don’t.
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   keithmc said, 5 months ago

   the 49ers Baldo. the 49ers
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   pschearer said, 5 months ago

   @Jeffrey Hope

   Jeffrey, you are absolutely right.
   

   
   In fact, this is a rerun of the 2/12/2009 strip when I questioned the Spanish and someone confirmed that Baldo’s arithmetic is wrong, as did a Mexican friend of mine who runs a chain of schools teaching English in both Mexico and the U.S.
   

   
   In fact, while researching, I noticed that at least several recent Baldo strips have been 2009 reruns.
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    Comic Minister said, 5 months ago

    For that I have no idea Baldo.
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    TrapperJohn said, 5 months ago

    So nobody picked up that it is 10:40 a.m., on a Thursday, AND BALDO’S NOT IN SCHOOL?
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    Bob said, 5 months ago

    Maybe it’s night.
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    water_moon said, 5 months ago

    @TrapperJohn

    Who says it’s a.m.?? Looks to me like he was staying up late studying and fell asleep on the couch, so Serge is trying to get him up to go to bed becuase it’s 11:40 PM, which considering the 7 o’clock referenece in Spanish makes even more sense….
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    comicsssfan said, 5 months ago

    Looks like Baldo is studying or researching for a paper.
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    Furienna said, 5 months ago

    @Gigantor

    There are still a lot of analogue clocks left. So I think kids still learn to tell the time in that way too.
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