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Huh, unlike "could care less", I hadn’t encountered this. Though, to play advocatus diaboli, could it be "can not" in the sense of "must not"?
by Semaphor 3y ago
Huh, unlike "could care less", I hadn’t encountered this. Though, to play advocatus diaboli, could it be "can not" in the sense of "must not"?
- Anthony-G 3y agoI’m guessing that the bastardised “could care less” is an Americanism that is endemic to Internet discourse. Thankfully, I’ve never heard anyone say it out loud on this side of the Atlantic.
- kurthr 3y agoI'm sure autocorrect will fix that.
- actionfromafar 3y agoI have even heard “could care less” translated to my native language, so I think it’s a lost cause. The center cannot hold.