Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020)

Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by actionfromafar on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @05:09AM (#32822064)

Okay, playing the devils advocate here, but sometimes the "lingo" is useful.

Grabbing a "couple of beers" could really mean a "bunch of beers". But a "dyad of beers" is very explicitly exactly two beers.

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Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by stavros on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @05:19AM (#32822115)

But so does "two beers", and it doesn't require you to know a random Greek word.

I mean, it doesn't necessitate you to ken an aleatorial Hellenic lexis.

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Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by ciphol on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @05:21AM (#32822127)

So is a "pair of beers".

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Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by actionfromafar on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:27AM (#32824694)

To me "a pair of" can colloquially (see, I did it again) mean "a bunch of".

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Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by jdmichal on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:34PM (#32826587)

I'm with you on "couple" potentially not being exactly two, though I tend to default to using "few" in such cases. But I can't sign up for "pair" not being exactly two.

Yay language!

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Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by ramphastidae on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @11:14PM (#32832919)

If someone puts on a pair of jeans followed by a pair of socks, how many articles of clothing have been put on? :)

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Re:Work is work, in which returns diminish (2020) by jdmichal on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:14AM (#32837511)

A pair!

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