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What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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"

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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

a couple always means two.

every time anyone says “a couple”, i ask them if they mean two. it’s not pleasant exchange for either of us, but it must be done

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Disagree. I've always understood it to mean approximately two. Usually 2-3; 4 isn't outlandish.

    Unless that's the meaning, the expression doesn't have a reason to exist. So that's how I decide to interpret it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Wrong. A couple is two exactly. After the wedding: Oh look at the happy couple. There aren't 3 or 4 people standing there, 2 people are standing there. A couple.

    To couple train carriages together means to attach two carriages together. There are more carriages behind that one, but they were all individually coupled together.

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