one = one
two = couple
three = a few
four = some
five = several
and there ya go
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one = one
I think the threshold for "several" is way less than five. Me, I'd put it at two.
...or, as a friend from Pennsylvania tells it, "couple two three".triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:57 pmone = one
two = couple
three = a few
four = some
five = several
and there ya go
I’m from Pennsylvania, I made up the above scale as a kid for whatever dumb reason at the time and just never stopped using it.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:17 pm...or, as a friend from Pennsylvania tells it, "couple two three".triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:57 pmone = one
two = couple
three = a few
four = some
five = several
and there ya go
My friend is from the Scranton area - maybe Eastern PA?triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:28 pmI’m from Pennsylvania, I made up the above scale as a kid for whatever dumb reason at the time and just never stopped using it.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:17 pm...or, as a friend from Pennsylvania tells it, "couple two three".triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:57 pmone = one
two = couple
three = a few
four = some
five = several
and there ya go
NHO couple two three...must be a’burgh thing
I’m less than an hour south of there. NEPA I guessCailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:41 pmMy friend is from the Scranton area - maybe Eastern PA?triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:28 pmI’m from Pennsylvania, I made up the above scale as a kid for whatever dumb reason at the time and just never stopped using it.CailinGaoilge wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:17 pm...or, as a friend from Pennsylvania tells it, "couple two three".triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:57 pmone = one
two = couple
three = a few
four = some
five = several
and there ya go
NHO couple two three...must be a’burgh thing
Check out J10 in that game.Lefty wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:08 pm I think of "several" as three or five or just possibly seven. Really, the same way I think of "a few", so one term or the other isn't really very useful. "Several", by the way, has the same Latin root as "separate".
I do recall being very unhappy with the writers' use of "several" in this FJ clue.
Even the article shows that we already knew that. In favor of a headline designed to roil people up, they buried the lead...Sony did speak with LeVar about other projects outside of the "Jeopardy!" brand ... and those opportunities are still a possibility.squarekara wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:29 am TMZ: 'Jeopardy!' Never Considered LeVar Burton for Full-Time Host.
https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/25/jeopardy ... sting-job/
Quick lesson since it is a very common mistake ... the phrase is "bury the lede". For more on the topic:
I appreciate your citing a source, but note that In the very first paragraph of the Merriam-Webster it says, Both spellings, however, can be found in instances of the phrase. And examples of my spelling by journalists are given towards the end. So, since I'm not even in the news business, I'll stick with my spelling. Catch me not preserving the difference between lead and led, and I'll hang my head...alietr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:13 amQuick lesson since it is a very common mistake ... the phrase is "bury the lede". For more on the topic:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... ersus-lead
The article says "lede" is a new spelling that is still regarded by some as an affectation.alietr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:13 amQuick lesson since it is a very common mistake ... the phrase is "bury the lede". For more on the topic:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... ersus-lead
In journalism school, we were told it was short for "lederhosen," and referred more to the structure of the entire story, which should be written in top-down form. If you bury your lederhosen, straps in the wrong place, they fall to the floor and you're exposed to the masses as not knowing what the heck you're writing about.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:43 pmThe article says "lede" is a new spelling that is still regarded by some as an affectation.alietr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:13 amQuick lesson since it is a very common mistake ... the phrase is "bury the lede". For more on the topic:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... ersus-lead
That sounds like a joke. The article we've been discussing gives a more convincing origin.Anachronism wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:25 pmIn journalism school, we were told it was short for "lederhosen," and referred more to the structure of the entire story, which should be written in top-down form. If you bury your lederhosen, straps in the wrong place, they fall to the floor and you're exposed to the masses as not knowing what the heck you're writing about.opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 2:43 pmThe article says "lede" is a new spelling that is still regarded by some as an affectation.alietr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:13 amQuick lesson since it is a very common mistake ... the phrase is "bury the lede". For more on the topic:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... ersus-lead
Not really convincing - the examples are mostly quite modern and the metal explanation makes no sense from an editing perspective. I've played with those machines and the lead spacers would only be mentioned in an entirely different context. I'm not even sure, since by the time I was editing the lead type had long since been retired, if editors would even touch lead at any newspaper of size.
By his phrasing of the "wheelchair" tweet (i.e., "hot person"), it is clear that Ken was taking special care not to be sexist or heteronormative. But when you triple-team Jordan, you're going to leave Pippen or Kukoc wide open.Bamaman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 30, 2021 6:02 am Don’t know if this has been posted elsewhere, but here is an article saying Ken’s tweets sunk his chances of getting the job.
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/t ... =algorithm