Time format

[Colin Law]

On 23 August 2011 21:40, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/8/23 Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>:
>> On 23 August 2011 18:31, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> 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
>>
>> Day is used and is generally not ambiguous.  Most would say 3 days
>> rather than 72 hours and in this context is not ambiguous.  In fact I
>> cannot think of an example where it would not be obvious by context.
>>
>> Colin
>
> So if you say, for example, 1½ day, you always mean 36 hours?

1½ days does mean 36 hours, but that is a situation where one would
more commonly say 36 hours (or possibly 'a day and a half').  Don't
ask me why.

Colin