Oh, be one, Kenobi. We don't need three.
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I always thought 3 was 'a few', and anything more was 'several'
Few people think that anymore, especially after the last several incidents.
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Severance Kenobi
I'm seein' double here! Six Kenobis!
One kenobi - several kenonbas
You are bold ones!
“Do you call two several?”
“Well, no. As a matter of fact there were more than two.”
This is used all the time in literature and it infuriates me.
Several doesn't mean three. We have "few" for that.
But in books it's always shit like 'there's several people in the room - you introduce yourself to them and learn their names are Bob and Wade. You've been introduced to everyone and decide to leave.'
Uh... what? Every definition of "several" that I've ever heard is more than two but less than many, with the latter usually defined as five or more, or sometimes rather less than "a lot". So "several" means roughly 3 or 4, maybe 5 or even like 6 or higher but not yet "a lot". See e.g. https://www.dictionary.com/e/few-vs-couple-vs-several/. It sounds like those books you are referring to were using it wrong.
Regional variations surely exist though. And there could be more abstract usages too like several chips meaning like 10 or 20 but bc of their small size if the speaker felt the it was still not "many" or "a lot".
I believe the heirarchy goes:
A couple - two
A few 3-5
Several 6~15-20
Many - more than ~15-20
I think several and many are basically interchangeable Source: my ass