Thread: Got my Cybook - initial thoughts
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Old 10-10-2008, 06:54 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Believe me, if an English speaker says to you "I'll phone you back in a minute", they will not mean "precisely 60 seconds"; they could mean 5 or 10 minutes.
& pthwaite

Absolutely true. Believe me, I believe you

However, there is a subtle difference between your example and discussing features of a gadget, where every second counts.
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