I have a question about #US #language.

Why is it that the word 'fourth' is sometimes used instead of a quarter? Since since 25 cents is a quarter and you get the likes of quarterbacks.

Why is fourth used?

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@lydiaconwell Maybe because it's one fourth of a dollar? Though I've never seen it referred to it as that.

@trinsec No, I don't mean a quarter of a dollar is referred to as a fourth. I mean, people in the US say one fourth of an inch or one fourth of a pint instead of a quarter inch or a quarter pint.

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@lydiaconwell Mm, personally if I see 'quarter' in English, I think of the coinage.

Dutch is a tad different. 1/4th would be 'kwart' but the coin would've been 'kwartje'. Not anymore now that we have the euro with its 20 cent...

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