shardwick said: Like how difficult would it have been to just give us all the details from the start? Now people are debating over the meaning of a couple.
We've how many posts and pages for this teaser news? Every post should have simply been something akin to "Yay! Can't wait! Wonder what exactly it'll be? <insert guess including human sacrifices>".
I've time enough to finish off a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches before any real news is released.
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. He also said couple, which means "2". Or it could mean an indefinite small number. You are sick and hope to be better in a couple days.I'm just saying when we put a strict timeline to statements that are not strictly laid out you will frustrate yourself.
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. He also said couple, which means "2".
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.
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. He also said couple, which means "2". Or it could mean an indefinite small number. You are sick and hope to be better in a couple days.I'm just saying when we put a strict timeline to statements that are not strictly laid out you will frustrate yourself. cou·ple/ˈkəpəl/Learn to pronouncenoun1.two individuals of the same sort considered together."a couple of girls were playing marbles"Similar:pairduoduologytwosomeset of twomatchdoubletstwinsbracespanyoketwotwo of a kinddupletdyadduaddoubletontwain2.two people who are married, engaged, or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually.Similar:husband and wifetwosomenewlywedspartnersloverscohabiteesSo, 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".
ThaRoadWarrior said: I always tell people using definition 3 or 4 of a word they’d do better with a synonym that had a primary or secondary meaning closer to what you’re after, but again that’s just me.
Daredevil217 said: If a couple can mean three, can a thruple mean two?
OJSP said: How much is a small nugget?
shardwick said: Daredevil217 said: If a couple can mean three, can a thruple mean two? Whenever I see a group of people I always tell them that they make a cute couple.