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What is a second the "second" of? What time should noon actually be? And how can "hour" and "year" mean the same thing (because they do!)?

Join me as I investigate the hidden meanings of our words for time.

Did you know we used to have a word for the day after tomorrow? It was "overmorrow". We also had a word for the day before yesterday, which was "ereyesterday". What's more, we used to call a week a "sennight".

Enjoy many more facts about chronological terms in this edition of RobWords.

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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Intro
0:35 Watch
1:34 Clock
2:05 O'clock
2:27 Second
4:40 Minute
6:50 Secondment
7:48 NordVPN
9:27 Medieval timekeeping
10:21 Hour
13:11 Noon
14:22 Times of the day
15:30 Day
16:01 Days of the week
16:20 Week
17:40 Overmorrow and ereyesterday
19:13 Month
20:45 Year