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[Johnny Rosenberg]

2011/8/23 Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>:
> Johnny,
>
> On 23/08/11 18:02, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>
>> Me too, but since some people want it, they should be able to get it, right?
>> I don't even understand why there is no English word for a 24 hours
>> period (”dygn” in Swedish, for example).
>
> Yes, there is! The word 'day' can mean a 24 hour period. It can also
> mean other things so it can be ambiguous.

I didn't know ”day” could mean 24 hours. In my language we have
separate words for that. ”Dag” (day) is the opposite of ”Natt”
(night), and is not used the same way as ”dygn” (24 hours). Well,
there are a lot of differences between different languages, of course…

I thought that since people say things like ”…you have 72 hours…”,
there is not a word for 24 hours, but obviously there is, just not a
good one, or at least not good enough for people to use it… :)  :P


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ

>
> Regards,
> Tony.
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