What’s up with ketchup? The shifting history and spelling of the name of this condiment. For centuries, ketchup was a fishy sauce originating in Asia—the tomatoes came only later! Plus, a new book shows what’s lost when a language dies: when there...
A couple three refers vaguely to a small number of things, usually two or three, or maybe a few more. Jennifer in Tucson, Arizona, says her father often used the phrase, although it left her guessing when he’d ask for a couple three nails. The...
Rose works at a trailer shop south central Pennsylvania and often hears her co-workers adding the element -couple to a round number to indicate an indefinite amount, such as “bring me twenty-couple screws,” in the same way that others...