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Eh? you kind of lost me there... :(

sure, it's a shortening of сейчас - this i understood already.

but why would the shortening of сейчас be щяс?
I hear it about 50 times an hour here and it...

It's not a *long* a sound ... as for example 'hard' or 'car'
but a short a sound - like 'hat' or 'cat'
so : chass

i find it rather bizarre the way everyone says час all the time here, meaning...