Would there be a different way to interpret "1.25 hours"
 other than "1 hour and 15 minutes"?
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Well obviously, one hour and twenty-five minutes.

You've got a system which is not decimal-based, and you're using it with decimals.

($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss')
 =~y~b-v~a-z~s;                             print
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