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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
