New Feature Coming - Targeting Heroes
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OJSP said:How much is a small nugget?0
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JDFiend said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:Few does not mean 2. It means more than one and less than a lot.
Stop putting specific expectations on things when we were not given specific timing for more information.
If you had a wait of 52 weeks and had like 6 weeks left it could be appropriate to describe the wait as a few weeks when looking at the total time.
I'm just saying when we put a strict timeline to statements that are not strictly laid out you will frustrate yourself.noun- 1.two individuals of the same sort considered together."a couple of girls were playing marbles"Similar:pairduoduologytwosomeset of twomatchdoubletstwinsbracespanyoketwotwo of a kinddupletdyadduaddoubletontwain
- 2.two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.Similar:husband and wifetwosomenewlywedspartnersloverscohabitees
So, I get where you're coming from, but couple actually doesn't mean "indefinite small number". Some people use it that way, and I get that, but that's not what it means. Probably just part of being a southerner, but we really differentiate hard on "couple" vs "several" vs "a li'l" vs "a few". Except when I've been traveling to other regions of the US, I've only ever heard couple mean "two, precisely".
The problem with language is it is fluid. Meaning is not derived from the word alone, but the context surrounding it. It is interpretive, not concrete.
Saying 'Morning' to the receptionist as you walk into work would have a totally different meaning than parent saying it to a teenager as they staggering into the house drunk in the middle of the night. A boss saying it was to a late employee could be interpreted as passive aggressive aggressive. Changing the context, you could change the meaning behind that word in hundreds of ways. But the dictionary definition would never change.
Dictionaries basically suck, as they don't reflect everyday language use. They are more to help you figure out the meaning, given the context rather than provide a concrete interpretation.0 -
IIAlonditeII said:JDFiend said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:Few does not mean 2. It means more than one and less than a lot.
Stop putting specific expectations on things when we were not given specific timing for more information.
If you had a wait of 52 weeks and had like 6 weeks left it could be appropriate to describe the wait as a few weeks when looking at the total time.
I'm just saying when we put a strict timeline to statements that are not strictly laid out you will frustrate yourself.noun- 1.two individuals of the same sort considered together."a couple of girls were playing marbles"Similar:pairduoduologytwosomeset of twomatchdoubletstwinsbracespanyoketwotwo of a kinddupletdyadduaddoubletontwain
- 2.two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.Similar:husband and wifetwosomenewlywedspartnersloverscohabitees
So, I get where you're coming from, but couple actually doesn't mean "indefinite small number". Some people use it that way, and I get that, but that's not what it means. Probably just part of being a southerner, but we really differentiate hard on "couple" vs "several" vs "a li'l" vs "a few". Except when I've been traveling to other regions of the US, I've only ever heard couple mean "two, precisely".
The problem with language is it is fluid. Meaning is not derived from the word alone, but the context surrounding it. It is interpretive, not concrete.
Saying 'Morning' to the receptionist as you walk into work would have a totally different meaning than parent saying it to a teenager as they staggering into the house drunk in the middle of the night. A boss saying it was to a late employee could be interpreted as passive aggressive aggressive. Changing the context, you could change the meaning behind that word in hundreds of ways. But the dictionary definition would never change.
Dictionaries basically suck, as they don't reflect everyday language use. They are more to help you figure out the meaning, given the context rather than provide a concrete interpretation.
From:-https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/coupleCouple
1. quantifierIf you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. [+ of]I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. [+ of]...a small town a couple of hundred miles from New York City. [+ of]Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before 'more' and 'less'....a couple weeks before the election.I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/couple
USAGE NOTE FOR COUPLEThe phrase a couple of, meaning “a small number of; a few; several,” has been in standard use for centuries, especially with measurements of time and distance and in referring to amounts of money: They walked a couple of miles in silence. Repairs will probably cost a couple of hundred dollars. The phrase is used in all but the most formal speech and writing. The shortened phrase a couple, without of ( The gas station is a couple miles from here ), is an Americanism of recent development that occurs chiefly in informal speech or representations of speech, especially when followed by number terms (as a couple dozen eggs ) or units of measurement (as a couple years ago; a couple gallons of gas ). This use of couple (as an adjective or modifier) is still disliked by many. Without a following noun, a couple is even more informal: Jack shouldn't drive. It's clear he's had a couple. (Here the noun drinks is omitted.)
So there is a shift in meaning, as it is not the noun...3 -
JDFiend said:IIAlonditeII said:JDFiend said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:Few does not mean 2. It means more than one and less than a lot.
Stop putting specific expectations on things when we were not given specific timing for more information.
If you had a wait of 52 weeks and had like 6 weeks left it could be appropriate to describe the wait as a few weeks when looking at the total time.
I'm just saying when we put a strict timeline to statements that are not strictly laid out you will frustrate yourself.noun- 1.two individuals of the same sort considered together."a couple of girls were playing marbles"Similar:pairduoduologytwosomeset of twomatchdoubletstwinsbracespanyoketwotwo of a kinddupletdyadduaddoubletontwain
- 2.two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.Similar:husband and wifetwosomenewlywedspartnersloverscohabitees
So, I get where you're coming from, but couple actually doesn't mean "indefinite small number". Some people use it that way, and I get that, but that's not what it means. Probably just part of being a southerner, but we really differentiate hard on "couple" vs "several" vs "a li'l" vs "a few". Except when I've been traveling to other regions of the US, I've only ever heard couple mean "two, precisely".
The problem with language is it is fluid. Meaning is not derived from the word alone, but the context surrounding it. It is interpretive, not concrete.
Saying 'Morning' to the receptionist as you walk into work would have a totally different meaning than parent saying it to a teenager as they staggering into the house drunk in the middle of the night. A boss saying it was to a late employee could be interpreted as passive aggressive aggressive. Changing the context, you could change the meaning behind that word in hundreds of ways. But the dictionary definition would never change.
Dictionaries basically suck, as they don't reflect everyday language use. They are more to help you figure out the meaning, given the context rather than provide a concrete interpretation.
From:-https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/coupleCouple
1. quantifierIf you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. [+ of]I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. [+ of]...a small town a couple of hundred miles from New York City. [+ of]Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before 'more' and 'less'....a couple weeks before the election.I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/couple
USAGE NOTE FOR COUPLEThe phrase a couple of, meaning “a small number of; a few; several,” has been in standard use for centuries, especially with measurements of time and distance and in referring to amounts of money: They walked a couple of miles in silence. Repairs will probably cost a couple of hundred dollars. The phrase is used in all but the most formal speech and writing. The shortened phrase a couple, without of ( The gas station is a couple miles from here ), is an Americanism of recent development that occurs chiefly in informal speech or representations of speech, especially when followed by number terms (as a couple dozen eggs ) or units of measurement (as a couple years ago; a couple gallons of gas ). This use of couple (as an adjective or modifier) is still disliked by many. Without a following noun, a couple is even more informal: Jack shouldn't drive. It's clear he's had a couple. (Here the noun drinks is omitted.)
So there is a shift in meaning, as it is not the noun...3 -
IIAlonditeII said:JDFiend said:IIAlonditeII said:JDFiend said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:IIAlonditeII said:tiomono said:Few does not mean 2. It means more than one and less than a lot.
Stop putting specific expectations on things when we were not given specific timing for more information.
If you had a wait of 52 weeks and had like 6 weeks left it could be appropriate to describe the wait as a few weeks when looking at the total time.
I'm just saying when we put a strict timeline to statements that are not strictly laid out you will frustrate yourself.noun- 1.two individuals of the same sort considered together."a couple of girls were playing marbles"Similar:pairduoduologytwosomeset of twomatchdoubletstwinsbracespanyoketwotwo of a kinddupletdyadduaddoubletontwain
- 2.two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.Similar:husband and wifetwosomenewlywedspartnersloverscohabitees
So, I get where you're coming from, but couple actually doesn't mean "indefinite small number". Some people use it that way, and I get that, but that's not what it means. Probably just part of being a southerner, but we really differentiate hard on "couple" vs "several" vs "a li'l" vs "a few". Except when I've been traveling to other regions of the US, I've only ever heard couple mean "two, precisely".
The problem with language is it is fluid. Meaning is not derived from the word alone, but the context surrounding it. It is interpretive, not concrete.
Saying 'Morning' to the receptionist as you walk into work would have a totally different meaning than parent saying it to a teenager as they staggering into the house drunk in the middle of the night. A boss saying it was to a late employee could be interpreted as passive aggressive aggressive. Changing the context, you could change the meaning behind that word in hundreds of ways. But the dictionary definition would never change.
Dictionaries basically suck, as they don't reflect everyday language use. They are more to help you figure out the meaning, given the context rather than provide a concrete interpretation.
From:-https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/coupleCouple
1. quantifierIf you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it.Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard. [+ of]I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. [+ of]...a small town a couple of hundred miles from New York City. [+ of]Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before 'more' and 'less'....a couple weeks before the election.I think I can play maybe for a couple more years.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/couple
USAGE NOTE FOR COUPLEThe phrase a couple of, meaning “a small number of; a few; several,” has been in standard use for centuries, especially with measurements of time and distance and in referring to amounts of money: They walked a couple of miles in silence. Repairs will probably cost a couple of hundred dollars. The phrase is used in all but the most formal speech and writing. The shortened phrase a couple, without of ( The gas station is a couple miles from here ), is an Americanism of recent development that occurs chiefly in informal speech or representations of speech, especially when followed by number terms (as a couple dozen eggs ) or units of measurement (as a couple years ago; a couple gallons of gas ). This use of couple (as an adjective or modifier) is still disliked by many. Without a following noun, a couple is even more informal: Jack shouldn't drive. It's clear he's had a couple. (Here the noun drinks is omitted.)
So there is a shift in meaning, as it is not the noun...1 -
I noted today that the comment from Ice was "the next couple weeks" while the initial announcement says:
"We're excited to provide you more info in the coming weeks, but wanted to provide you with a little teaser today!"
So maybe there was a small slip on Ice's part when he posted his comment.
"Coming weeks" is much more open ended and says to me more than 2...probably at least 3-4, and easily more than that.
Alright, you may resume debating the meaning of the word "couple".0 -
It seems you can define couple a couple different ways.3
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A point I made earlier is that it doesn't matter what YOUR personal definition of couple is. This isn't a grammar competition. It is a company making a public statement to its customers. The point is that "couple" means "2" to a lot of people. If I were a PR person trying to set expectations for my customers, I would be more careful about my word choices so I don't set bad expectations and turn a positive message into a negative one. If we don't get some info today, then this was a bad job of setting expectations.2
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"Couple"? We need to switch to analyzing "next" when used to modify a passage of time.
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pop quiz: Today is (hypothetically monday). I tell you something is coming "next friday." Do i mean the very next friday, that same week, or do I mean the friday that's part of the "next" week after the one we're currently in? Discuss.2
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Just get over it. It smells like "neutral", "expert players", "soon" debates. Time to stop nitpicking what the devs posted here. It's no wonder they rather post in discord than in here. We have so many lawyers and Investigating Officers in here treating them like criminals and waiting to lay charges on them.0
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Anyone engaging in this ridiculous debate owes me for the wasted 10 minutes spent reading the last couple of pages.
I'll send you my hourly rate and it can be split among the few of you.
Now please may we all just agree that the Targeting system is coming in a few to several weeks, and wait patiently for any further updates?
Obviously the sooner the better.
No more debating about one specific word please, this stuff potentially drives away players who would otherwise be excited to engage in worthy forum discussions.6 -
ThaRoadWarrior said:pop quiz: Today is (hypothetically monday). I tell you something is coming "next friday." Do i mean the very next friday, that same week, or do I mean the friday that's part of the "next" week after the one we're currently in? Discuss.
The Friday of the current week is "this" Friday, so "next Friday" is 11 days away, or a fortnight less a triplet of days. If it were Wednesday and you said "next Monday", then it's the Monday that's only 5 days away. At least that's how people around me seem to use it.There seems to be less consensus for the situation where someone is actively navigating you and their use of "take this/the next exit".
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Last thing friday, I would just drop "sorry it was a typo, meant to say couple of months"I said on page 3 this would happen, it's coming, does no one have any patience. It's like a forum for Veruca Salts.
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RickOShay said:Anyone engaging in this ridiculous debate owes me for the wasted 10 minutes spent reading the last couple of pages.
I'll send you my hourly rate and it can be split among the few of you.
Now please may we all just agree that the Targeting system is coming in a few to several weeks, and wait patiently for any further updates?
Obviously the sooner the better.
No more debating about one specific word please, this stuff potentially drives away players who would otherwise be excited to engage in worthy forum discussions.
Didn't mean to bore anyone.
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ThaRoadWarrior said:pop quiz: Today is (hypothetically monday). I tell you something is coming "next friday." Do i mean the very next friday, that same week, or do I mean the friday that's part of the "next" week after the one we're currently in? Discuss.8
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Godzillafan67 said:"Couple"? We need to switch to analyzing "next" when used to modify a passage of time.
Does “next couple of weeks” mean 2 weeks, or the two weeks following 2 weeks?
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Godzillafan67 said:"Couple"? We need to switch to analyzing "next" when used to modify a passage of time.6
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DarthDeVo said:ThaRoadWarrior said:pop quiz: Today is (hypothetically monday). I tell you something is coming "next friday." Do i mean the very next friday, that same week, or do I mean the friday that's part of the "next" week after the one we're currently in? Discuss.
If @IceIXwants to pop on and tell me to keep my posts on topic and give us an update, that's cool.2 -
pheregas said:DarthDeVo said:ThaRoadWarrior said:pop quiz: Today is (hypothetically monday). I tell you something is coming "next friday." Do i mean the very next friday, that same week, or do I mean the friday that's part of the "next" week after the one we're currently in? Discuss.
If @IceIXwants to pop on and tell me to keep my posts on topic and give us an update, that's cool.
Ooooooh, sounds like we're going on a road trip. Straight Outta Compton to the Midwest. Are We There Yet?
Totally unrelated note, does anyone know if @IceIX is related to Ice Cube?
(I'll shut up now, just trying to inject a little levity into a thread that's gone off the rails like a crazy train...)
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