tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post8244681929041433079..comments2023-06-19T06:28:32.714-07:00Comments on VWXYNot?: Tuesday Pet Peeve: Careless North AmericansCath@VWXYNot?http://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-65263297463682430432010-09-10T08:59:33.197-07:002010-09-10T08:59:33.197-07:00This is getting very meta and confusing!
rpg, fun...This is getting very meta and confusing!<br /><br />rpg, funny is always the primary objective :)Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-56613988138539926262010-09-09T14:07:25.919-07:002010-09-09T14:07:25.919-07:00It was funny but I knew what you were talking abou...It was funny but I knew what you were talking about by the end of your second para.<br /><br />I *could* care less about this. It's important.rpghttp://rg-d.com/BioLOG/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-27284894687839627092010-09-08T21:18:42.830-07:002010-09-08T21:18:42.830-07:00I really could care less about this whole subject,...I really could care less about this whole subject, but I can't help caring just enough to write a comment :-)Massimohttp://expbook.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-3997190110460163182010-09-08T15:59:27.217-07:002010-09-08T15:59:27.217-07:00antipodean alternative: "Tell your story walk...antipodean alternative: "Tell your story walking, fella"<br /><br />This is useful not only because you are telling somebody you couldn't care less but are efficiently telling them to fuck off as soon as possible at teh same time.<br /><br />-antipodeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-76311310162352578842010-09-08T10:19:27.956-07:002010-09-08T10:19:27.956-07:00Alyssa, I love that you got it so quickly! (althou...Alyssa, I love that you got it so quickly! (although I guess the title was a give away). The rants seem to be continuing on Facebook...<br /><br />Thomas, off to get some erbal tea, are you? :)<br /><br />Mermaid, I LOVE the image of an escape goat! Kinda like a Trojan horse, but in reverse! I really hope someone says that to me in person now so I can mock them.<br /><br />I liked the episode of Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-23013548738975210582010-09-08T09:43:45.800-07:002010-09-08T09:43:45.800-07:00The "It's a mute point." drives me i...The "It's a mute point." drives me insane.Thomas Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146918395558249696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-52441688769325300212010-09-08T08:57:43.602-07:002010-09-08T08:57:43.602-07:00Mermaid, seriously? You've heard/seen these? N...Mermaid, seriously? You've heard/seen these? No wonder everyone thinks we Americans are a bunch of bloody idiots!biochem bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992899031380594738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-13672837053455695112010-09-08T08:54:45.799-07:002010-09-08T08:54:45.799-07:00Love it! Others that drive me crazy:
“For all in...Love it! Others that drive me crazy:<br /> “For all intensive purposes”<br /> “Mute point”<br />Any my personal favourite: “Escape goat!”Mermaidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-18816226227755615302010-09-08T08:54:07.661-07:002010-09-08T08:54:07.661-07:00Can someone hold down the fort while I'm gone?...Can someone hold down the fort while I'm gone?Thomas Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146918395558249696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-8312797944868976862010-09-08T07:32:31.364-07:002010-09-08T07:32:31.364-07:00PS: I'm sharing this on FB in the hopes to spr...PS: I'm sharing this on FB in the hopes to spread the knowledge that "I could care less" is WRONG. :)Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695509619557410413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-47234276079333937852010-09-08T07:29:10.603-07:002010-09-08T07:29:10.603-07:00Oh my gosh - I absolutely cannot stand it when peo...Oh my gosh - I absolutely cannot stand it when people say "I could care less"!!!! That means you COULD care less, therefore the topic IS something you care about!! GRRRRRR....<br /><br />What's funny is that as soon as I read your first paragraph, I knew it was going to be about that saying! It's so frustrating.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695509619557410413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-43167644111257280682010-09-08T07:10:12.465-07:002010-09-08T07:10:12.465-07:00Antipodean, you know more than some, clearly :)
E...Antipodean, you know more than some, clearly :)<br /><br />EGF, I'm glad there are North Americans fighting the good fight! I guess I really just don't notice when people say it correctly...<br /><br />GMP, glad to hear it! I don't know why people won't believe you; most non-native English speakers I know have a much better grasp of the technicalities of the language than I do, Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-75422217456694314662010-09-08T06:38:05.426-07:002010-09-08T06:38:05.426-07:00I couldn't not care less!I couldn't not care less!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211618861743447072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-67597324866858070042010-09-08T06:02:27.897-07:002010-09-08T06:02:27.897-07:00d00d: this north american couldn't care less.d00d: this north american couldn't care less.Grrlscientisthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibriumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-69001016918583548832010-09-08T04:01:17.703-07:002010-09-08T04:01:17.703-07:00I'm a non-careless North American! The phrase ...I'm a non-careless North American! The phrase "I could care less" just never made any sense to me, as the excellent argument by John Cleese illustrates. It's ridiculous. Perhaps some in the States do it just to be less British. Poppycock, I say. Then again at times, I've been convinced I'm a Brit trapped in an Americans body because really-what self-respecting Southern biochem bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992899031380594738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-14953594869475821862010-09-08T03:04:19.208-07:002010-09-08T03:04:19.208-07:00Like Nina, I've never heard people say this wr...Like Nina, I've never heard people say this wrong here either, but maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention (because I usually do notice such things).<br /><br />Kind of cool though that in comments you already got answers from all the places that you listed in your asterisk.pikahttp://academicinternational.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-77459036209840543072010-09-08T02:02:56.876-07:002010-09-08T02:02:56.876-07:00I've never heard people say this wrong, but I&...I've never heard people say this wrong, but I'll pay more attention now. It doesn't make sense at all no to care less than 0. Although in some cases ... you know, when you really could care -100 about something really insignificant...Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05427706812623353858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-82869199130465501872010-09-08T01:13:39.601-07:002010-09-08T01:13:39.601-07:00David Mitchell did a similar rant about it:
http:/...David Mitchell did a similar rant about it:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw<br /><br />I guess both of them *could* care less about people saying they could care less.Evahttp://blogs.nature.com/evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-35478718012487332742010-09-07T22:40:09.901-07:002010-09-07T22:40:09.901-07:00Cleese is right on the money. I couldn't care ...Cleese is right on the money. I couldn't care less. Or, alternatively, my Care Factor is currently at zero. <br /><br />/another non-AmericanProfessor in Traininghttp://scientopia.info/blogs/trainingprofessor/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-74887813780060208512010-09-07T20:05:05.485-07:002010-09-07T20:05:05.485-07:00Thank you! I have always thought it was "I co...Thank you! I have always thought it was "I couldn't care less" but being a non-native speaker no one believes me over a native speaker. You have cheered me up!GMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872461021953583473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-59351805262641342722010-09-07T20:00:06.562-07:002010-09-07T20:00:06.562-07:00I'm North American and I know the correct way!...I'm North American and I know the correct way! But I hear LOTS of people say it wrong, too. It is indeed annoying.EcoGeoFemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236907917990309659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-73346634844176083992010-09-07T19:41:39.009-07:002010-09-07T19:41:39.009-07:00I can confirm that the phrase is "I couldn...I can confirm that the phrase is "I couldn't care less". But then again we're a bunch of inbred sheep farmers on one side of the Tasman Sea and the refuse of her majesty's prison system on the other. So what would we know?<br /><br />-antipodeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-91216987298018881942010-09-07T18:12:02.389-07:002010-09-07T18:12:02.389-07:00Ha, yeah, Canada once again falls into the middle ...Ha, yeah, Canada once again falls into the middle ground :) <br /><br />I've probably heard Canadians use both versions, but I only really notice when they say "I could care less", because like I said, it really jars... I have persuaded my (Canadian with British parents) husband to switch after pointing out to him why one version is wrong. "I'd honestly never thought about Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149574905485287914.post-76458019262018315882010-09-07T18:08:56.514-07:002010-09-07T18:08:56.514-07:00ha, this has been a pet peeve of mine for ages too...ha, this has been a pet peeve of mine for ages too. Is this a mistake specifically made by north americans? I'm in Canada and hear people say the correct and incrrect version probably about equally as often, and have never understood how people do not realize that the phrase is incorrectLiznoreply@blogger.com