If I said a few weeks ago...

[turquoisewhale]

How many weeks would you think that was?

3 or 4

2-3

3-5 at the most

Anyinthing upto about 6

Three.

To me a couple = two. A few = three. Anything else is longer.

Between 2 and 4
But a few weeks ago could be 20 weeks ago because time flies!

Up to 5.

6-7
Then it goes into months

3-4.

4 weeks and you'd say about a month ago, 2 weeks is a couple.

3

2-3. Then it goes to 'a month ago'.

Why? Curious now!

Depends on the context of the conversation to some extent but 3-6

I thought over 2 but less than 4 (so 3?? )

Boring story alert:

I ordered glasses for both my sons at an opticians recently and we went back to collect them as arranged over a week later.

They didn't tick a box on the form to say we needed new frames for 1 of them as they thought we were handing the frames in. Even though we were there for that particular pair because they were lost. But okay, mistakes happen.

They said they'd call us when they were ready. No call so I phoned them and said we were in a few weeks ago and we still hadn't heard anything, any idea when they'd be ready.

Person who answered the phone was rather rude and abrupt and said you were in TWO weeks ago actually.

I checked my diary and it was 3 weeks ago minus 1 day so I feel that few was still the correct terminology

I thought I'd ask the MN collective for their opinions of how many few covered. I may have also googled the definition of few. I may also have too much time on my hands.

Still don't know when we'll be getting the glasses...

@Justkeeprollingalong x-post. May your curiosity now be satisfied.

Thank you 😊
They were rude. The customer is always right.

5-6 for me but I wouldn't think anything of 3 weeks being referred to as a few, she was rude regardless!

Literally it's 3, but people don't often speak literally.