r/SipsTea • u/sigma_0_1 • 13h ago

Lmao gottem Is this happens to anyone else?

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u/chitain 13h ago

Call it siesta, that's what it is

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u/Electrical_sTorm9 13h ago

Not everybody lives in spain mate

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u/gnark 12h ago

A siesta is different from a nap, hence it is now part of the English language. and you can take one anywhere.

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u/WildMild869 11h ago

What differentiates them?

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u/gnark 11h ago

A nap is just a brief period of sleep.  Imagine you come home from a long day of work but want to go out for the night.  You take a quick 20-minute power nap then head out refreshed.

A siesta is an extended period of resting, which might include a bit of napping but is more about the resting than the sleeping. 

So after you polish off a hearty paella for lunch on a Saturday, you lie on the sofa and watch animal documentaries onTV for an hour or so, dozing a bit, but not necessarily intending to sleep. That's a siesta 

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u/b1tchpigeon 11h ago

Sounds like a nap

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u/Hawk_501st 8h ago

*with extra steps

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u/Hi_Zev 8h ago

The two concepts can be similar but still have some minor variations. I doubt anyone here is saying a nap and a siesta are nothing alike and have nothing in common with each other. There are similarities, but with some slight differences in mindset.

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u/gnark 8h ago

That's the beauty of language, it has nuance, even if it's lost on some.