If You Had a Thousand Dollars...

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:56 pm

I was picking nits at your incorrect use of an idiom in a way which is a pet peeve of mine. The expression (used to be) "couldn't care less."

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:57 pm

Damn. I'm usually more careful than that. It's a pet peeve of mine as well. I always read my posts a couple of times looking for that kind of thing before I hit submit. It was late and it got by me.

Good catch man.

Thanks for making me even more paranoid than I was before.

At leest mi spealing is pritty goud.

EDIT: Eye fownd a spealing eror.

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:53 am

I think "I could care less" is generally used sarcastically to imply that one really couldn't care less. So it's just a variation of the original expression, and equally valid.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:02 am

<a href="http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/20 ... /boll/">Oo! Run! It's sarcasm!</a>

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 1:59 am

C Hack, was that an Alesis RA? Mine was, and when it blew up I stopped by the nearby music store, and the only monitor amp they had was a repaired Alesis RA. It inspired great confidence in the brand.

the Jazz wrote:I think "I could care less" is generally used sarcastically to imply that one really couldn't care less. So it's just a variation of the original expression, and equally valid.

Everyone I know (myself included) mispronounces it "I could care less", no sarcasm intended. But really, I could care less about the semantics of idioms.