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

    From Dr. Jai Maharaj@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 14 22:28:26 2018
    XPost: soc.culture.indian, alt.fan.jai-maharaj, alt.usage.english
    XPost: alt.english.usage, soc.culture.usa, soc.culture.india

    In alt.usage.english, in article <055f0a5d-65af-4121-846d-7a6461901a78@googlegroups.com>,
    r54d...@gmail.com posted:

    Noon

    "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes
    noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is
    advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight."

    - The American Heritage Dictionary of the English
    Language

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock

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