+589 When you were little, and maybe still, you went by the rule that "a few" meant three, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

XD It did when I was stealing candy from my bag after halloween or something. But if it was something like... "Eat a few more bites of dinner, then you can have dessert," then it was always 3.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Or 4.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

if it was eating veggies it was like three more pieces if it was candy or something like that it was a big ol' hand full

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Few doesn't mean three. A couple means two, but few doesn't mean three.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It doesn't state that 'few means three', it states that when somebody said 'a few' you took 'three'.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm sorry, I got confused because it has the exact quote "few meant three".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

selective quoting much?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

When I was little, I thought a couple and a few were synonms. It wasn't until I was in 7th grade that I found out a couple meant two.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hah I thought this too! And that 'several' meant 7.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

agree. several is 7 or more to me, but a few, for me, is like anywhere from 3-5.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's exactly me! Well, except few is 3-6.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Me too! :D

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I would say 3 or 4, because if you count using your fingers it's "one-two, a-few".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Depends on if we were talking about cookies or Brussels sprouts.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I remember one time when I was little in the Burger King playland, my mom said I only had a couple more minutes, so I counted the letters in "couple" and that was how many minutes I had. But that doesn't really have to do with this.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I always figured 'a few' meant 4, and 'some' meant 3...

by Anonymous 13 years ago