cvs commit: www/en index.xsl

[Tom Rhodes]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:38:10 -0800
Wes Peters <wes at softweyr.com> wrote:

> On Sunday 15 February 2004 14:25, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message: <20040215190329.GQ8821 at submonkey.net>
> >
> >             Ceri Davies <ceri at 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