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Re: The Poll
Posted By: Minamoon, on host 208.35.243.130
Date: Friday, August 17, 2001, at 15:10:19
In Reply To: Re: The Poll posted by Issachar on Friday, August 17, 2001, at 13:18:20:

> > EVERYONE knows a few is three to five. Six is a half dozen, and seven or more is several. Sheesh!
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> > Moush
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> Word to that.
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> Iss "EVERYONE" achar

Just wondering...

Growing up in southern PA, everyone I knew used "a couple" to mean the same thing as "a few." Though it could be used to mean "two," it was never associated *only* with that number.

When I moved to Mass, I encountered a strange phenomenon. Whenever anyone said "a couple," they meant two. I just wondered if anyone else has experienced this.

~Mina "why don't they just say two?" moon

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