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Subject: [ih] Fwd: [IP] EFF calls for signatures from Internet Engineers against censorship
From: bernie at fantasyfarm.com (Bernie Cosell)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:36:24 -0500
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On 19 Dec 2011 at 14:57, Nigel Roberts wrote:

> A 'couple' is by definition two (of anything) and two only except when 
> means a link between two things (as in a chain).

Well, this is super off-topic, but 'by definition' claims are always 
pedantic and often wrong.  "couple" has also meant "a few" or "a small 
number" for quite some time.  As in "We've only gone to the movies a 
couple of times this month".

  /Bernie\
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