'I could care less'. It doesn't make sense and you sound like a fool.

Found this on the interweb:

People say they could care less when, logically, they mean they couldn’t care less.

The phrase "I couldn’t care less" originated in Britain and made its way to the United States in the 1950s. The phrase "I could care less" appeared in the US about a decade later.

In the early 1990s, the well-known Harvard professor and language writer Stephen Pinker argued that the way most people say could care less—the way they emphasize the words—implies they are being ironic or sarcastic.

Other linguists have argued that the type of sound at the end of "couldn’t" is naturally dropped by sloppy or slurring speakers.

Regardless of the reason people say they could care less, it is one of the more common language peeves because of its illogical nature. To say you could care less means you have a bit of caring left, which is not what the speakers seem to intend. The proper "couldn’t care less" is still the dominant form in print, but "could care less" has been steadily gaining ground since its appearance in the 1960s.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/educati...-care-less

(08-25-2014 11:14 AM)covingtontiger Wrote:  Found this on the interweb:

People say they could care less when, logically, they mean they couldn’t care less.

The phrase "I couldn’t care less" originated in Britain and made its way to the United States in the 1950s. The phrase "I could care less" appeared in the US about a decade later.

In the early 1990s, the well-known Harvard professor and language writer Stephen Pinker argued that the way most people say could care less—the way they emphasize the words—implies they are being ironic or sarcastic.

Other linguists have argued that the type of sound at the end of "couldn’t" is naturally dropped by sloppy or slurring speakers.

Regardless of the reason people say they could care less, it is one of the more common language peeves because of its illogical nature. To say you could care less means you have a bit of caring left, which is not what the speakers seem to intend. The proper "couldn’t care less" is still the dominant form in print, but "could care less" has been steadily gaining ground since its appearance in the 1960s.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/educati...-care-less

It still pisses me off.

I could care less how they say it.

(08-25-2014 08:52 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  I could care less how they say it.

sarcasm?

So would one say "I could give a crap" or "I couldn't give a crap" to have proper meaning?

(08-30-2014 12:20 AM)SayWhat? Wrote:  So would one say "I could give a crap" or "I couldn't give a crap" to have proper meaning?

Depends on whether or not you have any crap left to give.

you started a thread for this?

(08-30-2014 04:57 PM)tigers311 Wrote:  you started a thread for this?

They won't let me start them in my area of expertise.

I could care less about this subject...but not by much

how about made up words like "irregardless"?


That one really rustles my jimmies it's "regardless", you don't need the "ir" before regardless.

(09-02-2014 07:57 AM)JTiger Wrote:  how about made up words like "irregardless"?


That one really rustles my jimmies it's "regardless", you don't need the "ir" before regardless.

...and 'conversate', though apparently now it is acceptable by some authority.

(08-30-2014 12:20 AM)SayWhat? Wrote:  So would one say "I could give a crap" or "I couldn't give a crap" to have proper meaning?

It's like taking a crap. Personally I go to leave one.

I think I will read this again ON tomorrow.

(09-02-2014 08:54 AM)Mick Light Wrote:  I think I will read this again ON tomorrow.

At this point in time, I could care less if I read it again on tomorrow.

(09-02-2014 08:54 AM)Mick Light Wrote:  I think I will read this again ON tomorrow.

I read this thread ON today.


I hear this frequently at work and it annoys me to no end.

(09-02-2014 07:57 AM)JTiger Wrote:  how about made up words like "irregardless"?


That one really rustles my jimmies it's "regardless", you don't need the "ir" before regardless.

superfluosyllabicism

adding superfluous syllables in an attempt to sound smarter to those around him. Fuggin tv journalists are recidivists in this department. It's ridiculous.

(09-02-2014 02:58 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  

(09-02-2014 07:57 AM)JTiger Wrote:  how about made up words like "irregardless"?


That one really rustles my jimmies it's "regardless", you don't need the "ir" before regardless.

superfluosyllabicism

adding superfluous syllables in an attempt to sound smarter to those around him. Fuggin tv journalists are recidivists in this department. It's ridiculous.

Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic

I could care less that I could care less.

I know you could care less that I could care less but I could care less.