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> could care less Surely you mean couldn't care less.
by GJim 1mo ago
> could care less
Surely you mean couldn't care less.
- ButlerianJihad 1mo agoWell, I could care less, personally. I wish I did care less!
- sph 1mo agoI just saw David Mitchell fall to his knees at a Waitrose
- notabotiswear 1mo agoWeird Al - Word Crimes
- justinhj 1mo agoCountries have different idioms.
- GJim 1mo agoPlease explain?
- justinhj 1mo agoIn the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less". The intention and meaning is the same. So the original comment did mean to say what they said. My point was that what may look like a mistake or a contradiction is just cultural development of natural language. Another example is the British expression "It would be cheap at half the price"
- slater 1mo ago> In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less" No, it's not.
- pasc1878 1mo agoIt is. The American version just does not say what it means.
- justinhj 1mo agoYes, it is.
- tingletech 1mo agomaybe it's regional? I always thought "Could care less" was in the same class as "irregardless" or "daylight saving time" -- in common use yet technically incorrect
- iammjm 1mo agoOne example to illustrate: when talking about dying, Americans would kick the bucket, Poles would kick the calendar, French would break the pipe, Germans would drop the spoon, and the Spanish would pull the leather. But they all would be referring to the US's trust among its allies.
- AnimalMuppet 1mo agohttps://xkcd.com/1576/ https://xkcd.com/1576/