| Re: SA English vs US (att Heidi) [boodskap #9405] |
Tue, 20 May 1997 00:00  |
Heidi Rubins
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> Hi Heidi
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>> very true. In the US we say "a couple" to represent "two". For more than
>> two we say "a few".
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> A Question : Something I still haven't been able to figure out ~ does the US "couple", meaning
> "two" also carry a gender connotation? e.g. - if I said to an American that "a couple of guys
> went to the pub" , would he think of 'couple' as in 'married couple', therefore these blokes must
> be gay? If he understood Afrikaans, I reckon the same would hold true, i.e. "'n paar ouens..."
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> Look fwd to hearing from you,
> Vira.
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Hello Vira!
You can say "a couple of guys went to the pub" and it would not at all mean
that they were gay. It would only mean that there were two males going to
a pub. :>
If you did say the sentence that only thing that would attract attention is
the word "pub"! :> We use the word "bar" and reserve "pubs" for telling
stories of traveling in England! :)
Glad to be of help. If you have other questions, please feel free to ask.
Regards,
Heidi
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| Re: SA English vs US (att Heidi) [boodskap #9406 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #9405] |
Tue, 20 May 1997 00:00  |
vira
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Hi Heidi
> very true. In the US we say "a couple" to represent "two". For more than
> two we say "a few".
A Question : Something I still haven't been able to figure out ~ does the US "couple", meaning
"two" also carry a gender connotation? e.g. - if I said to an American that "a couple of guys
went to the pub" , would he think of 'couple' as in 'married couple', therefore these blokes must
be gay? If he understood Afrikaans, I reckon the same would hold true, i.e. "'n paar ouens..."
Look fwd to hearing from you,
Vira.
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| Re: SA English vs US (att Heidi) [boodskap #9421 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #9405] |
Wed, 21 May 1997 00:00 |
tie...@nospam.com
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V wrote in article
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> Hi Heidi
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>> very true. In the US we say "a couple" to represent "two". For more than
>> two we say "a few".
>
> A Question : Something I still haven't been able to figure out ~ does the US "couple", meaning
> "two" also carry a gender connotation? e.g. - if I said to an American that "a couple of guys
> went to the pub" , would he think of 'couple' as in 'married couple', therefore these blokes must
> be gay? If he understood Afrikaans, I reckon the same would hold true, i.e. "'n paar ouens..."
>
> Look fwd to hearing from you,
> Vira.
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Hi Vira
I asked this question to my American husband. He says they do not put
genter to the word couple. If you say "there is a couple of guys" it would
mean two guys. Even if you say "look at that couple" it would still mean
two people.
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Julie Morgan
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| Re: SA English vs US (att Heidi) [boodskap #9500 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #9405] |
Sun, 25 May 1997 00:00 |
tie...@nospam.com
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V wrote in article
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> Okay, so now we have this scenario:
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> I'm driving home in my car, with my new-found American friend.
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I couldn't stop laughing while reading this.
> I maintain that all the above wouldn't have happened if we'd spoken Afrikaans, and strongly
> advise all prospective visitors to learn as much as they can from this
newsgroup!
Good advice ... both ways though ... visitors to SA and visitors to USA
would benefit from learning each others ways.
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Julie Morgan
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/gotravel
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