Any thread in which two LC team members participate cannot possibly be
considered off-topic and subsequently banned.
But while I agree completely with your definition, it got me concerned that
if I were to marry a very tall, large man, I would be a bigamist.
--
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HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On September 9, 2021 5:52:02 AM Heather Laine via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Ok, I cannot help myself. Somewhere in this thread was mentioned "a couple
of carrots" and this was defined as two. It is in fact not two. It is the
equivalent amount of carrots to about 2, if the carrots are well sized but
not enormous. If you have small carrots, please chop 3. If they are huge,
one is enough. Thus, a couple of carrots. A perfectly sensible request
which any sensible husband should be able to interpret correctly.
Warmest regards to all, and should I add carrots to cheese as items that
should not arise too often for extensive discussion?
Heather
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On 9 Sep 2021, at 11:26, Andre Garzia via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
I’ll just add that a couple of pints never means exactly two pints….
Language is a very fluid thing.
Sent from my iPhone
On 8 Sep 2021, at 23:14, matthias rebbe via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
Btw. this is how Merriam-Webster thinks about couple, few and several.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/couple-few-several-use
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/couple-few-several-use>
Am 09.09.2021 um 00:08 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
More than three.
Am 09.09.2021 um 00:04 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
<use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>:
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.
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