Couple

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Is it just me, or does everyone under the age of twenty-five use the word couple to describe a small number, ie two or three? I mean when people are talking about a couple as in a relationship, they always mean two people, but when they are talking about a numeric quality certain people always say that couple is two, whereas others take it to be a much looser term. Generally it seems that the younger you are, the looser you use the term. I don't know why, but twenty-five seems to be the dividing line. Odd.

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Mark wrote this at 12:00, Mon, 15/12/03, Link
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Matt

Hmm. It's always 2 for me... but then I'm an acknowledged pedant...

Written by Matt at 13:31, Mon, 15/12/03

Eponymous

Have you also noticed how guys now can apply to girls as well, within the same age group?

Written by Eponymous at 16:59, Mon, 15/12/03

Matt

Yeah. But within many more age groups in America (my girlfriend's mum would say "you guys" to my gf and her sister all the time - them all being American)

Written by Matt at 18:57, Mon, 15/12/03

Benjamin

What you talking about Walley??? A couple is two. Unless you live in Pembrokeshire. That's my observation.

Oh and are you coming to the Barn at New Year?? (That's for both the Walleys)

Written by Benjamin at 21:29, Mon, 15/12/03

Sebooo

A couple is more than 1

Written by Sebooo at 21:47, Mon, 15/12/03

Rhys

Odd one this, because it divides me and my wife. I'm 30, and always used 'couple' to mean 'a fairly small number', until my wife, who's younger than me, trained me into using it for 'two'.

Could it be a dialectical thing?

Written by Rhys at 10:50, Tue, 16/12/03

stoobs

im not really bothered either way

Written by stoobs at 13:30, Tue, 16/12/03

Sheepie

It means 2. Of course, you can use it when understating to mean twenty-seven...

Written by Sheepie at 17:24, Wed, 17/12/03

Matt

That almost didn't make sense. I had to really think about that one...

Written by Matt at 17:17, Thu, 18/12/03

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