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"couple" and "few" are debatable, but thanks to Survivor we know definitively that "several" means seven.
by skeeter2020 1y ago
"couple" and "few" are debatable, but thanks to Survivor we know definitively that "several" means seven.
- happyopossum 1y agoCouple is not really debatable - it has a definition that includes 2. Not 2 or 3, or any more than 2. Just 2.
- aspenmayer 1y agoWhat if you have a couple of couples? I think if it’s a couple, meaning two, that a couple couples could be two of however many the original couple is for the first couple, and the third one might couple with both members of the original couple, so I could see three as being a couple to a certain reading, though paradoxically four seems like one too many unless they are two couples of either one or a couple of kinds.
- reshlo 1y agohttps://xkcd.com/1070/ https://xkcd.com/1070/
- staticman2 1y agoThe Meriam-webster dictionary definition number 4 for couple is an indefinite small number: few. I remember being confused as a kid what the difference is between a couple and a few. Turns out sometimes there is no difference.