Five and twenty past

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

Does anyone else say this meaning 24 past the hour? My dad is the only person I know who uses this term and hes 67

Mother 5 and 20 to (the hour)

Yes I say it.

A lot of students can't tell the time unless it is digital which is worrying

Both parents used to say it

No but I love it I might start saying this

My DH says it, his parents are from Yorkshire but he’s the only person our age who I’ve heard say 5 and 20 past!

My grandma died last year aged 94. She always said it. She also referred to breaking her fast each morning. It's just old fashioned.

God I miss her.

A few of us South Yorkshire folk about [grin[

I'm from South London, and so was my dad. He used to say five and twenty past to mean twenty five past the hour.

I think this is an older generation thing rather than regional.

My grandparents said it too.

My dad did, he also said 5 and 20 up for 25 to

My mam & dad used to say this - also in South Yorkshire

My Dad says it, 78 London area

Dad was from Carmarthen

My Mum says it we're Cornish

@CaptainPovey never heard of that one

@ShowOfHands my gran said it too I miss her also.She was the best.

Both my parents did this .... would be mid 90s now. London.

It's definitely an age thing then.

I tend to say twenty five past, but five and twenty to.

Mid-fifties, east London raised.

My grandparents used that terminology , they died in the 1970s and it was a bit old-fashioned then.

My mum uses it. I used it recently and DH thought it was hilarious and keeps taking the piss out of me for it. Definitely a generational thing. Like the nursery rhyme - four and twenty blackbird baked in a pie!

My Grandma used to say it - very old fashioned. And wireless, and slacks for trousers and Spanish for liquorice.

My grandparents did. Of they were still alive they would all be well over 100 now.

My gran used to say it. I always thought it as a northern thing

I am originally from Cheshire, and it was used frequently by the older generation years ago.

My 85 year old gran still says this. Born and raised in Croydon but lived in the north east for 40+ years