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The "could care less" phrasing makes sense if interpreted sarcastically. Imagine "I suppose I could care even less <eyeroll>". This article is rather illuminati
by kmavm 16y ago
The "could care less" phrasing makes sense if interpreted sarcastically. Imagine "I suppose I could care even less <eyeroll>". This article is rather illuminating: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm
- chasingsparks 16y agoAgreed. (Thanks for the link.) However, I don't think people are aware of the distinction; I think it's just a parroted meme.
- mahmud 16y ago"I am being ironical" -- Robin Williams He killed in a standup routine and had the crowd laughing hard, but then he shrugged it off in the end and said "just kidding, I am being ironical", and the crowd giggled, slightly less enthusiastic (like he broke character.) I couldn't believe it! The entire audience missed the icing. That was the money. FATALITY. Absolutely amazing, and no one got it. :-|
- StavrosK 16y agoYeah, I don't get it either :/ What was it?
- mahmud 16y agoThe correct phrase is "I am being ironic", not ironical.
- StavrosK 16y agoErm? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironical http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironical
- mahmud 16y agoAhem! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ironical http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ironical Words grow quicker than we can catalog them, and die preserved on paper.
- StavrosK 16y agoHmm, it's odd, it sounds perfectly acceptable to me. I'd never have guessed it's not used, maybe because it's "ειρωνικός" in Greek, which would accept the -ical suffix (like "λογικός" - logical (and not "logic")). TL;DR: English is a second language :P