Every 60 seconds on the hour
If something happens every 60 seconds on the hour, what does that mean exactly? :thinking:
Does it mean that it's happening every minute during that hour? :hmm: |
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"on the hour" = en punto. |
:hmm:Per the context I have, seems to mean that someone logs into an internet domain every 60 seconds constantly throughout the hour. That is, every minute there is a new person logging in... Would that make sense? (Do the English native speakers understand something else?) (Or am I wrong altogether?) (It wouldn't be the first time, nor the last one... Beginning to know one doesn't know is not a lesson on humbleness... but one of wisdom... if you allow me to quote some authoritative source...) :)
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Edit: Often used for bus and train times: Buses for destination X leave every twenty minutes starting on the hour, i.e. 10.00; 10.20; 10.40; 11.00 ...... or: Buses for destination X leave every twenty minutes starting five minutes past the hour, i.e. 10.05; 10.25; 10.45; 11.05 ... |
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I mean it could means a bad aptitude an accident, a person who die. Every 60 second inside of a hour born a new people in the world. Every 60 second of a hour a nation has conflicts with another country. It's some dramatic right.:confused: |
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¿Suena bien esto? Cada 60 segundos de una hora nace un bebé ¿O suena mejor? Cada minuto de una hora nace un bebé |
Me suena mejor "cada minuto de una hora nace un bebé".
Well, thank you, Perikles, for the explanation. Thank, Crotalito, and thank you again, Chileno. :) |
I've never heard such a saying... every minute of an hour sounds a lot better to me than the thread title.
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