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WHY DO WE SAY "HE COULD CARE LESS" WHEN WE MEAN "HE COULDN'T CARE LESS?"

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WHY DO WE SAY "HE COULD CARE LESS" WHEN WE MEAN "HE COULDN'T CARE LESS?"


[+] serious ballot by nuckinfutz
ACTIVE Wed Sep 19, 07 - Mon Jun 14, 10

Where did this particular bastardization of our language come from?

I don't know
I really don't know
Lazy usage
I could care less
I could care more, but I won't


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I've only ever seen that happen on here, in the UK everyone says "HE COULDN'T CARE LESS?"

Would you be surprised if I said, your country has been bastardi'S'ing our language for centuries? 041005
by britvic55 on Thu Sep 20, 07 3:48am [+]

Voted : Lazy usage
^ No. In fact, I'd agree with you there, britvic.

IMO, more proof that *everyone* who claims to be English-speaking should have English lessons for at least fifteen years. I've made the same screw-up many a time, I'll admit.
by Truthseeker013 on Thu Sep 20, 07 6:46am [+]

Voted : I don't know
... and I could care less.
by elvislennon on Thu Sep 20, 07 8:32am [+]

Yo britvic!
Would ya be surprised if I said, yo' country has been jacking our negrophorium fo' eva? Don't make me come ovah there bitch...
by elvislennon on Thu Sep 20, 07 8:43am [+]

^ fo' sheezy mah neezy, Why you be dissin' me?
by britvic55 on Thu Sep 20, 07 10:33am [+]

^ I don't know what the fizzuck I'm talking about.
by britvic55 on Thu Sep 20, 07 10:33am [+]

Well you say ARSE and we say ASS.

So I could (and would) care less if you couldn't (or wouldn't) care less.

Oh just never mind.

I need 100. But It's the mental kind I need.
by UncleRandy on Thu Sep 20, 07 5:04pm [+]

Voted : Lazy usage
People sometimes deliberately say things incorrectly so they fit in with the lowest common denominator. It makes them feel like one of the group.

It makes me crazy to hear, "I could care less." EVERYONE I work with says it. I have even heard actors say it. It would impress mne if someone at work said "I couldn't care less." I want to be impressed, but I don't think that's going to happen.
by forgetmenot on Thu Sep 20, 07 10:43pm [+]






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