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On his 80th birthday, Michael Rosen discusses with Dara Ó Briain how we talk about and understand time, and how we look back on the different chapters of our lives. To hear the full conversation, download the podcast. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea, in partnership with the Open University.
Highlighted moments
we use the one word in English, time, to mean actually very different things. So, if I say to you, Dara, what time's your meeting? And you say to me, 2 p.m. And then I might say, Dara, how long is it going on for? And then you might say, well, a couple of hours. And then I say, that's a long time. I've used the same word, but one's an event and the other's a duration, isn't it?
“the very famous phrase in Ireland about time is, is some on scaly and thamshire, which means time is a good storyteller”
“if you had a twin and you sent him off on a rocket for a year and brought him back, that twin will be a slightly different age to you.”
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