Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: with just 3 mins to go

la suddetta frase: "with just 3 mins to go" può essere intesa con: "a 
tre minuti dalla fine"??
grazie

 la suddetta frase: "with just 3 mins to go" puň essere intesa con: "a
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 a soli tre minuti dalla fine...
potrei dire ad esempio: "we've 3 mins left/to go", "abbiamo 3 minuti 
prima che finisca..."
ciao

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 perchč non  " solo 3 minuti all'inizio/partenza" ?
As I think of it, the minutes are to go. Am I right?
Bye, FB
-- 
"I don't believe in the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. I just
believe in parties."
(Sex and the City)

Larry typed:
: la suddetta frase: "with just 3 mins to go" può essere intesa con: "a
: tre minuti dalla fine"??
C'è una canzone di Johnny Cash che sembra fatta apposta per la tua domanda:
"25 Minutes To Go"
Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go
And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I've got 24 minutes to go
Well they gave me some beans for my last meal I've got 23 minutes to go
But nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch with 21 minutes to go
And I sent for the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 more minutes to
go
Then the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die got 19 minutes to go
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye got 18 minutes to go
Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to go
And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold I've 12 more minutes to go
Now they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine got 10 more minutes to go
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free with 9 more minutes to go
But this is for real so forget about me got 8 more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose got 5 more minutes to go
Won't somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more minutes to go
And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die 2 more minutes to go
I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows 1 more minute to go
And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
jacopo
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 As I think of it, the minutes are to go. Am I right?
Sģ, ecco tre minuti per portare via.
Seriously, the expression refers to are the amount of time still available 
for the duration of an event or the amount of time one must wait for an 
event to begin. 

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That is what the expression means, but how do you feel it? I think the
person to whom I was replying sees it as [three minutes to] [go]: the three
minutes go by, then "we" go; I, for one, see it as [three minutes still to
go]: three minutes is the amount of time that has to "go". I may be wrong,
of course.
Bye, FB
-- 
"If you followed me here, how did you contrive to be here before me?"
"I followed you... very fast."
(What's New Pussycat)

 of course.
I think the feeling would depend on the context, more specifically whether 
the three minutes was perceived as a wait or a duration. Think about these 
two examples:
With just three minutes to go before liftoff, tension was high as the 
control center staff readied the first stage engines for ignition.
With just three minutes to go until his train departed, the soldier fumbled 
for parting words to express his hopes and fears to her for their future.

 two examples:
Oh my... I should have written: 'whether the three minutes _were_ 
perceived.' 

 of course.
Significa "mancano/rimangono ancora 3 minuti".
-- 
Mary

 for parting words to express his hopes and fears to her for their future.
I think both examples corroborate my theory, but I'm also aware that I'll
never be able to explain it. (smiling face)
Bye, FB
-- 
"Qualcuno, meglio se un poliziotto, dovrebbe comunicare a Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx che scrivere noir non fa per lui. Per il suo bene (e il
nostro, soprattutto)."
(Recensione di Antonio D'Orrico sul Corriere della Sera Magazine)

 never be able to explain it. (smiling face)
I did and do understand your point. It's a subtle one and you may be right 
in regard to the etymology of the expression (I don't know I haven't 
researched it). However, I don't consider the etymology the 'feel' of the 
expression. The 'feel' of an expression is subjective because it involves 
higher levels of connotation. Determining connotation can only be an 
approximation because it depends on the sum of individual experiences of the 
use of the expression. Personally I think it's more telling to consider the 
difference in perspective between duration and wait when you talk about the 
feel of the expression, even if the time must 'go' in either case.