Hi Heather The mention of carrots was mine. I agree with your logic “couple" is a fuzzy number which I am fine with (though when it comes to carrots themselves fuzzy is not good.) Yesterday the carrots were very small and striving to be a sensible husband I chopped 5 up. I of course I checked before chopping to make sure that was the correct amount. I wonder if there is a difference between 'a couple carrots' and "a couple OF carrots"?
Anyway I agree this carrot thread is getting close to going beyond the line of silliness and maybe should be banished from discussions on the list here along with that other orange food that may not be mentioned here that rhymes with please. Have a good day all. Martin. > On Sep 9, 2021, at 6:50 AM, Heather Laine via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Ok, I cannot help myself. Somewhere in this thread was mentioned "a couple of > carrots" and this was defined as two. It is in fact not two. It is the > equivalent amount of carrots to about 2, if the carrots are well sized but > not enormous. If you have small carrots, please chop 3. If they are huge, one > is enough. Thus, a couple of carrots. A perfectly sensible request which any > sensible husband should be able to interpret correctly. > > Warmest regards to all, and should I add carrots to cheese as items that > should not arise too often for extensive discussion? > > Heather > > > Heather Laine > Customer Services Manager > LiveCode Ltd > www.livecode.com > > > >> On 9 Sep 2021, at 11:26, Andre Garzia via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I’ll just add that a couple of pints never means exactly two pints…. >> >> Language is a very fluid thing. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 8 Sep 2021, at 23:14, matthias rebbe via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Btw. this is how Merriam-Webster thinks about couple, few and several. >>> >>> https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/couple-few-several-use >>> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/couple-few-several-use> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Am 09.09.2021 um 00:08 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>>> >>>> More than three. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> Am 09.09.2021 um 00:04 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >>>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Then what does a few mean? >>>>> >>>>> Bob S >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 8, 2021, at 14:49 , matthias rebbe via use-livecode >>>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How lucky we Germans are with having to write some words in capitals. ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> 'ein Paar' (a couple) means 2 >>>>>> 'ein Paar Schuhe' means a pair of shoes >>>>>> >>>>>> 'ein paar' means two or three or somewhere in the range. >>>>>> 'ein paar Schuhe' means 2 or 3 or somewhere in the range shoes >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> In the English lessons in school we learned that for example 'a >>>>>> couple of days' meant 2 or 3 or somewhere in that range. >>>>>> And when we used 'couple' as a noun then it was meant as 2 that belong >>>>>> to each other or however you would call that. >>>>>> e.g. married couple, bird couple. That's the way i use 'couple" now for >>>>>> more than 40 years. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't tell me that i was wrong more than 40 years. ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Am 08.09.2021 um 21:54 schrieb J. Landman Gay via use-livecode >>>>>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My husband said the same when I told him about this thread. "Couple" >>>>>>> means two. I said yes, but colloquially it can mean "two or three or >>>>>>> somewhere in that range." We almost started a longer discussion about >>>>>>> it, but I reminded him of our 30+ years of ongoing talk about a "fact" >>>>>>> so we both stopped. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>>> subscription preferences: >>>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
