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Old 14th August 2008, 9:45am   #11
jyhad
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Re: Couple

For years I thought a couple was two or two plus but last night I had nine people swear that it meant two and two alone venturing that a couple generally refered to two people. The only context any of them could think of when a couple meant two plus was when they were going for 'a couple of pints'. I agree if Im talking about people then a couple just means two but when Im talking about things it can mean two or two plus. It also works for units of time i.e. a couple of hours can mean the whole afternoon.
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