Spyke
lemmy.world

Several of his children are fighting back.

He has 6 children.

When several is used, i would assume it's more than half of the children.

So, either 4 or 5 of his 6 children are protesting.

Edit: 5 would be most of his children.

It has to be 4.

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Macreply
mander.xyz

i love depicting language this way to decipher meaning but in reality most people don't all abide by the same set of rigid rules that i want them to.

this is certainly reasonable, though.

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  • A couple: 2
  • A few: 3-4
  • A handful: 5 (because fingers)
  • A bunch: 6
  • Several: Exactly 7, always.
  • A number: 8-9
  • A whole bunch: 10 -20

That's about it off the top of my head.

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johsnyreply
lemmy.world
  • A lot: 20 to 100
  • A shitload: 100-1000
  • A fuckton: >1000
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lemmy.world

My favorite unit of measurement is a grip. "The old lady next door has a grip of cats"

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The secret battle for the future of the murdoch empire

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Fun fact. James Murdoch is one of the founders of Rawkus records. Known to have released Mos Def and Talib Kweli's solo albums as well as lyricists lounge mixtapes

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