On Wednesday 28 December 2005 10:59, Alex Martelli wrote: > (The Italian closest word "paio" would imply that the two items are > in some sense "homogeneous"; to avoid that implication one would use > "coppia", which differently from English "a couple" ALWAYS, not just > sometimes, implies exactly two items; so I can't base myself on > analogies with my own mothertongue;-).
Language is a pain, isn't it? Growing up, "pair" always meant exactly two. I teach my kids that. We'll see if it sticks. -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
