To be surprised people think the clocks are going back?

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Seen quite a few saying clocks are going back this weekend.😂

Back in Winter. Forward in Spring.

It's been happening for years.😏

If a thing helps people remember something, why on earth does it matter that it has an American word in it? Snobbery over Americanisms is very tiresome imo. It would take a special kind of idiot to say 'This mnemonic would help me to remember, but I'm not going to use it, because it has an Americanism in it!'

More fuckin' americanism is the problem

Easter should have a fixed date or at least be the Sunday nearest to a fixed date. It's nonsensical that we celebrate the birth of Christ on the same date every year but we celebrate his death and resurrection on a date that can vary by over a month.

sounds a bit drunken

It's not non-sensical.

Easter is based on the Passover, which followed a solar/lunar calendar. Christmas (the actual date) is more the stuff of legends.

No it is spring forward and fall back!

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You could only spring back from a standing position, as it's impossible to generate the forward momentum to spring forward without running. Falling forward is very easy after tripping though but you never see people falling back in the street (unless it's a Truss exercise). Get your facts left before you critic his thighs.

Not necessary, all you need to remember is Forward March.

Anyway springs (as in the coiled things) naturally spring back to original position and things can fall forwards as well as backwards, so the awful saying doesn't even work.

Well it does appear to work for lots and lots of people, doesn't it? They have clearly said so. Hilarious that you think a phrase is 'awful' because it uses perfectly normal usage of American English.

Forward means earlier though. If someone asked me if I could bring an appointment forwards, I'd be expecting it to be sooner, not later.

Your post prompted me to do a Google search for what happens south of the equator where winter is currently beginning.

It appears that very few countries in the southern hemisphere change their clocks but those which do will obviously set them backwards and not forwards at around this time, though not necessarily on this date. The Falkland Islands abolished daylight saving time in 2011.

It raises the question: if countries in the southern hemisphere do not bother with this custom, why, in the northern hemisphere, do we? Is the sun discriminating against us?

Spring forward, Fall back.

Yes! No-one springs backwards!

Noon GMT is the annual average (the arithmetic mean) moment of the moment the sun crosses the Greenwich meridian, which accounts for the word "mean" in "Greenwich Mean Time"

Yes, clocks change the current time automatically but some clocks do not change the alarm time in synch: hence, if you set your alarm for 7 before the changeover, they will wake you at 8: mine does as I previously found to my cost. Be warned!

DH also remarked on this 🤣

It's one of the best nights of the year. All the Summer to look forward too.

Doesn't sound right? You've never heard of "he sprung back in fear" or similar?

How many people use army commands in their life? Whereas most people trip (forward) fairly often.

Yes, also " The branch sprang back and hit him in the face" - that's an example given in the Oxford Learners' Dictionary.

Many otherwise neglected mothers will miss their outing for Sunday lunch in the pub with the family and the churches will be emptier than usual too!

If the normal catchphrase confuses you then just imagine yourself at sunset today - maybe 7ish. So tomorrow when it’s BST do you expect sunset to be at 6pm or 8pm? hopefully you now know which way you need to move your clock.

But it doesn't make any sense...it's equally easy to spring back and fall forward

Ha, it's easy to tell I didn't notice how long this thread was before I posted!

Ughh. I think we should just put them forward by half an hour and then be done with it forever.

Why? Are people really stupid?