Re: Do you think 12:00pm is noon or midnight?

On Jul 10, 7:00 pm, jenn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
When you hear 12:00pm, do you firstthinkofnoon, ormidnight?

I was surprised some peoplethinkit means * when I'd assume anyone
meant * if they said 12:00pm.

* =noon/midnight

If you are interested, you can vote here:http://www.buzzdash.com/?page=buzzbite&BB_id=27277

(It's just a common poll site, no gimmicks, just click onnoonormidnightin the box.)


Who on Google uses "12:00 PM noon" as opposed to "12:00
AM noon?" -The searches below also match with "p.m." and "(noon)."
The search is for a string, not words anywhere in a document.
"12:00 PM noon" matches "about 195,000" documents on Google
"12:00PM noon" matches "about 32,700"
"12:00 AM noon" matches about 436
"12:00AM noon" matches about 49
So:
Total documents using "12:00pm noon" or "12:00 pm noon" = 227,700 /
228,185 = 99.8%
Total documents using "12:00am noon" or "12:00 am noon" = 485 /
228,185 = 0.2%

I believe the occurances of people clarifying what they are saying
after adding the AM/PM is representative of total usage.

I have to agree with the usage Google knows (well, Google is not
conscious, at present...)

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