For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don’t want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That’s ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use “less” when they should use “fewer”

  • Eiri@lemmy.world
    73·
    2 months ago

    Aw come on, those are two very different meanings of the word in my book. As it happens, the couple of eggs I took out of the fridge aren’t in a romantic relationship.

    • SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 months ago

      Look in any English language dictionary. Show me an entry that states a couple is more than two

      I‘ll wait.

      • Eiri@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/couple-few-several-use

        Couple is used to refer to two things, but is also often used for a small number greater than two.

        by the 1500s, it was also being used in the phrase a couple of to refer to an indefinite but still small number of people or things

        Verdict: couple is used of small numbers most of the time, but usually at least two or more.

        So yeah, the meaning of “at least two but possibly a bit more than that” has been around for a loooooong time.