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It doesn't make sense to say "I could care less" because then it is still somewhat important. I always say "I COULDN'T care less".
This annoys me to no end too.
However I've found that it's only in USA where people say 'I could care less', here in the UK we always just say 'I couldn't care less'.
Ok, what's everybody talking about now? Those comments were too long so I didn't read all of it, but I saw something about languages. How is that relevant to this post? Lol I'm just wondering. Comments seem to stray from the main topic quite a bit, so this is nothing new.
And dappled, we're sorry...we weren't fighting, just conversating. At least I think we were.
Good night everybody. Pajamas.
For the sake of stopping people arguing, my name is dappled but out in the real world my parents decided I should be called Simon. Some people call me Si. A good female friend calls me Simey. And I don't mind. A deaf ex-girlfriend calls me Si-mooooon. I don't mind that either. I'm 5'10" and a bit and have dark brown hair, green eyes, and I'm identifiable by the fact that I don't smile a lot. I'm a liberal and I like science, football and drinking. I'm officially a vegetarian again but I won't chuck it down your throats. I don't drive or fly or use any form of transport that will kill you or your babies but I won't chuck that down your throats either. I support nuclear power and I live in a place of worship and work at a place of study. I'm not an internet ladies man or a real-life ladies man but I think flirting is fun and I'm not going to stop doing it. If anyone finds they have wet panties just from this information, feel free to say hello. I can do so much better than this!
If anyone now feels the urge to call me Simon, feel free. I'd rather be dappled but - honestly - I don't mind. Call me what you want. As long as I know it's me you're talking to, I'll respond.
Also, a housefly is dying in the corner of my room and making those buzz buzz noises that are truncated to "bz". I'd like to say I'm going to tend to him or her but I'm actually just going to leave the room and let the poor bastard die in peace.
P.S. Stop fighting. Not worth it.
Lol get their panties wet...
I never said it was dappled. Simon could be anybody. Or even multiple users here.
I say that all the time because I literally mean it. I use it if I don't care very much, but I do care a bit. Therefore, I COULD care less. I've never heard of somebody using it wrongly though... but I would be annoyed.
I agree! I've been saying this forever everytime someone says they could care less I say don't u mean couldn't ??? because that wouldake more sense! gosh people are stupid
Simon always puts so much thought into his comments.. :)
And I agree. I want to correct people every time they use that sentence. :P
its sposed to be anonymous here. thats taking a liberty to call people by their names here without permission
People say "I could care less" and they still care, and cry at night for it.
I'd agree with that. Just one of the ways every nation twists language in an illogical way. Problem is, the language we speak has been twisted like that ever since language was invented. We speak "twist" and we have to allow twist to continue even if it makes no sense to us right now. Language is a democracy, not a meritocracy. In a democracy, the idea with merit rarely wins because the democracy are rarely more than 50% in favour of the meritorious.
I could give you millions. Factory comes to mind. First of all, it's a shortening of the word manufactory. Second, the "manu" part comes from the Latin manus for "hand" (still exists in French: the French word for hand is "main"). Manufacture literally means hand-made not mass-produced. We've swapped meaning.
Homunculus is another. Now it means small, perfectly-formed human but that -culus ending signifies something else. When the Romans built Hadrian's Wall, their local slang for who it was protecting against were the Brittunculi. Pesky, troublesome, arsey Brits. The culi (plural of culo) mean arses. I don't know about Italian but in Spanish (and I think French), culo is still slang for arse. Therefore homunculus originally meant quite the opposite of perfectly formed.
Guy used to mean a hate figure (from Guy Fawkes, I think) but it's been appropriated to mean just any person, not even male. Saying "hello guys" is acceptable in a mixed-gender group. But a few centuries ago, it would be akin to saying "Hello, you bastards".
Etymology is a wonderful thing. Look at this:
http://www.insects.org/ced4/etymology.html
The word for butterfly has transformed over time between many European languages. My favourite (not mentioned on the page) is the Punjabi word for butterfly: kikli (or kiklee).
I'm also quite pleased that if you type kikli into Google, one of the top ten results is a post by me on IIN. Maybe after I submit this, I'll get two in the top ten. :)