Re: CHAT: Visigoths (was: YADPT (D=Dutch))

Andreas Johansson sikyal:

> > In spite of digitalization rotation clocks don't
> > seem to be falling out of use (probably because
> > once you learn how they are quicker to read),
Eh? Not to me. Perhaps it's related to my persistent inability
to keep left-right straight, but it often takes me several seconds of
staring at a rotation clock to make out what time it is.

> I heard a while ago that, in Sweden at least, the proportion of digital
> watches has actually been falling since the '80s.
Perchance the cultural associations are helping this? As the older thing,
analog clocks have prestige. In America, at least, only analog watches can
be worn in any semi-formal setting, as digital watches are considered
insufferably tacky.


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