Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:46:04 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl Message-ID: <20040216094604.0c921dd9@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200402160338.10575.wes@softweyr.com> References: <200402151842.i1FIgmcp044836@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040215190329.GQ8821@submonkey.net> <20040215.152553.55627525.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402160338.10575.wes@softweyr.com>
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:38:10 -0800 Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote: > On Sunday 15 February 2004 14:25, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <20040215190329.GQ8821@submonkey.net> > > > > Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> writes: > > : On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:42:48AM -0800, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > : > wilko 2004/02/15 10:42:48 PST > > : > > > : > FreeBSD doc repository > > : > > > : > Modified files: > > : > en index.xsl > > : > Log: > > : > A pair of floppies -> a couple of floppies. > > : > > > : > A pair equals 2 and 2 floppies are not sufficient anymore. > > : > > : "A couple" is numerically equivalent to "a pair". > > > > A couple isn't quite the same as a pair. A secondary meaning for a > > couple is the same as a few. "Give me a couple of those biscuits" is > > likely to get you 3 biscuits as 2 in many parts of the US. > > Funny, I've lived just about everywhere in the US (except Texas) and "a > couple" has always meant two. "A few" would be 2 to 5, several would be 4 or > 5 to maybe a dozen, etc., all the way up to "buttload" which is rougly "more > than a man can carry." By definition, a "couple" is two. Not even good enough for a light buzz. A "few" is slightly more than that, and will get you partially fucked up. "Several" is a big-ass pitchure from the bowl on the coffee table. "Some" is what you have when you split the case amongst a half-dozen friends. "A whole bunch" is how much you have when you raid the contents of my liqure cabinet. And "umpteen" is how many times people have done that. -- Tom Rhodes
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