Exactly 2
2 or more
Both
I have often subscribed to the following form of counting: "One, Two, Some, Many....." - Baldrick on the Black Adder Series starring Rowan Atkinson.
Mike
From the workshop under the staircase, Clinton Township, MI
Semper Audere!
"A" is one. A "couple" is two. A "few" is three. Anything over that is scads.
I drink, therefore I am.
64ths... how many shavings is that?
Depends on what you're talking about really..
If you're talking about a married pair, then it's exactly two. (Well, until the polyamourists start re-defining marriage.)
If you're asking someone to get a few screws, then a couple is probably two..
If someone asks you how many of those tools you have, and you just don't remember, then you say, "I think I have a couple of those."
1/64 is approximately .015 inches- or just a little thicker than a matchbook cover. What? You didn't know that?
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Depends on the context - a couple is two people, but a couple of minutes is much less specific.
I always thought there are overlapping ranges to non-specific quantity designations:
couple: 1 - 3
few: 2 - 7
several: 5 - 12
dozen: could mean exactly 12 (or 13), or 10 - 20
lots: more than the others
many: I don't want to know...
hundreds
thousands
millions
billions
now which is bigger - jillions or gazillions???
...my couple of cents worth.
I've measured three times, cut twice, and it's STILL too short...
A couple pairs of socks is 4 individual socks...that's the only thing I can think of. Other than that, if you say a couple for anything other then two, then you aren't giving that much importance to the quantity. couple is two, three is a few, and anything more needs a definitive quality or a "several"
It's sufficiently stout..
A couple is two, hence a husband and wife are a couple.
A few can mean many, typically more than two.
I once worked with someone who insisted a couple was "two" and could not be more. So I cut him off on his "couple of thoughts" after the second.
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I had a guardian angel at one time, but my little devil got him drunk, tattooed, and left him penniless at a strip club. I have not had another angel assigned to me yet.
I didn't change my mind, my mind changed me.
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