Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 20:23:02 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Wilko Bulte <wilko@FreeBSD.org>, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl Message-ID: <20040215192302.GA60897@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040215190329.GQ8821@submonkey.net> References: <200402151842.i1FIgmcp044836@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040215190329.GQ8821@submonkey.net>
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On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 07:03:29PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:42:48AM -0800, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > wilko 2004/02/15 10:42:48 PST > > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > > > Modified files: > > en index.xsl > > Log: > > A pair of floppies -> a couple of floppies. > > > > A pair equals 2 and 2 floppies are not sufficient anymore. > > "A couple" is numerically equivalent to "a pair". A couple of means (to me, I'm not a native speaker) something like "a handful". But that could be because the Dutch 'paar' (pair) can mean 2 (a married/engaged etc couple is called "een paar" for example) but "een paar Euro" translates to a "a few Euros". :-) -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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