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Interesting. In the UK (or at least where I grew up), we wouldn't "not give a hoot", we would "not care a hoot".
by ralferoo 3y ago
Interesting. In the UK (or at least where I grew up), we wouldn't "not give a hoot", we would "not care a hoot".
- jccalhoun 3y agoI would guess that "Give a hoot" in the USA might have been popularized by an anti-littering campaign in the 1970s where an owl would say "Give a hoot! Don't pollute!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodsy_Owl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodsy_Owl
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoThis is where I know it from. Reduce, Re-use, Recycle [from same era marketing].