Further Dispatches from Standards and Measures

[featherynscale]

It's official. Per JJ, my co-worker, the following standards of counting apply:

1 of something is "one"
2 or 3 are "a couple"
4 or 5 are "several"
and more than 5 are "numerous".

Please implement as soon as possible.

Comments

Standard American Drewisms

[agrnmn.livejournal.com]

2 = couple
3 = few
4 = several
5 = many
5-10 = numerous
10+ = a lot

quite a ( ) = x2 e.g. "quite a few" = 6, "quite a lot" = 20+

Re: Standard American Drewisms

[teross50.livejournal.com]

Let us not forget the maximums , such as

Boat Load
Belly Full
Going to infinity with
Humungus

Re: Standard American Drewisms

[capriciouslass.livejournal.com]

There's also:

bunches
goat load
metric goat load (apparently larger than a goat load, but I'm not sure by how much)

Sorry, not my area...

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Boatload, goatload, and metric goatload are all measures of volume - that's a different department :)

Re: Sorry, not my area...

[agrnmn.livejournal.com]

I believe zylch may have defined these in the past...

Re: Standard American Drewisms

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

How much is enough to choke a horse?

Re: Standard American Drewisms

[agrnmn.livejournal.com]

More than a goat load less than whole hog.