Then what does a few mean? Bob S
> On Sep 8, 2021, at 14:49 , matthias rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > How lucky we Germans are with having to write some words in capitals. ;) > > 'ein Paar' (a couple) means 2 > 'ein Paar Schuhe' means a pair of shoes > > 'ein paar' means two or three or somewhere in the range. > 'ein paar Schuhe' means 2 or 3 or somewhere in the range shoes > > > In the English lessons in school we learned that for example 'a couple of > days' meant 2 or 3 or somewhere in that range. > And when we used 'couple' as a noun then it was meant as 2 that belong to > each other or however you would call that. > e.g. married couple, bird couple. That's the way i use 'couple" now for more > than 40 years. > > Don't tell me that i was wrong more than 40 years. ;) > > >> Am 08.09.2021 um 21:54 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> My husband said the same when I told him about this thread. "Couple" means >> two. I said yes, but colloquially it can mean "two or three or somewhere in >> that range." We almost started a longer discussion about it, but I reminded >> him of our 30+ years of ongoing talk about a "fact" so we both stopped. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
