"Language is a very fluid thing." Yes it is. Up here in NYS we stop off for the "One". Where "one" is from 1 to ...
Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Andre Garzia via use-livecode Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2021 6:27 AM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: Andre Garzia Subject: Re: LiveCode 10 - what are your thoughts on the new features? 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. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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