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Topic	Americans correctly say 'Could care less' instead of the British 'Couldn't...
lihlih 06/18/20 8:21:28 PM #23:	ChaosAzeroth posted... I use either, depending. I could care less is usually with a dismissive and trailing off tone and a shrug to imply sure I could care less but not by much. I may care a tiny bit, but not enough to really matter. If I couldn't care any less, I say I couldn't care less. That's the thing though. I could care less doesn't say anything. When you say that, you literally could care about it any amount, since you're not saying you care about it a little. It's a meaningless sentence. --- People come up to me... concerned.. that I'll reproduce." - Emo Philips <cite>lihlih posted [p:940887312] in Americans ... [t:78782102]...</cite> <quote>ChaosAzeroth posted...</cite> <quote>I use either, depending. I could care less is usually with a dismissive and trailing off tone and a shrug to imply sure I could care less but not by much. I may care a tiny bit, but not enough to really matter. If I couldn't care any less, I say I couldn't care less. </quote> That's the thing though. I could care less doesn't say anything. When you say that, you literally could care about it any amount, since you're not saying you care about it a little. It's a meaningless sentence. --- People come up to me... concerned.. that I'll reproduce." - Emo Philips</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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