Andy and I have spirited and ongoing discussions about this. "Several" can be as few as two - FOR HIM. It confuses me terribly.

For me, a couple is two, occassionally three. Then you have a few, which is about three to five, then many which is More and then several, which is Lots. It does depend what you're talking about but my order always goes couple, few, many/several.


Metric buttload would be less. 50 grams is about 2 ounces - you need more metric things to get an English thing, generally.