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Tempodivalse (Показать профиль) 22 октября 2015 г., 16:24:03
In other European languages, "hour" does not have to literally mean 60 minutes - in Russian you have son chas, or sleep-hour, but this just means nap time. I guess it's a mildly idiomatic construction. And don't you have this in English? "Happy Hour" doesn't have to last one hour, does it? (Or maybe it does, I have no idea)
Vestitor (Показать профиль) 23 октября 2015 г., 14:47:11
Tempodivalse:In other European languages, "hour" does not have to literally mean 60 minutes - in Russian you have son chas, or sleep-hour, but this just means nap time. I guess it's a mildly idiomatic construction. And don't you have this in English? "Happy Hour" doesn't have to last one hour, does it? (Or maybe it does, I have no idea)It's exactly the same in English, it can mean 'time or occasion'.