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Wed Dec 28 17:10:15 CET 2005 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-December/059201.html

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 10:59, Alex Martelli wrote:
 > (The Italian closest word "paio" would imply that the two items are
 > in some sense "homogeneous"; to avoid that implication one would use
 > "coppia", which differently from English "a couple" ALWAYS, not just
 > sometimes, implies exactly two items; so I can't base myself on
 > analogies with my own mothertongue;-).

Language is a pain, isn't it?

Growing up, "pair" always meant exactly two.  I teach my kids that.  We'll see 
if it sticks.

  -Fred

-- 
Fred L. Drake, Jr.   <fdrake at acm.org>

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