When Bess gave her Dollies a Tea, said she,-- <br />'It's unpolite, when they's Company, <br />To say you've drinked _two_ cups, you see,-- <br />But say you've drinked _a couple_ of tea.'<br /><br />James Whitcomb Riley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/company-manners/
