People saying “5 minutes” for anything from 2-15 minutes.
3x the measurement isn’t really a helpful approximation.
I often say 7mins, because 5 or 10 minutes can mean anything from 1min to 20min.
In reality "5 min" in English means "wait for me to finish". It is not a measure of time.
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People saying “5 minutes” for anything from 2-15 minutes.
3x the measurement isn’t really a helpful approximation.