Post AU9HSFn4bG7q3SdCD2 by jensilber@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AU9GaPhJY88b8yGSno by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-30T17:43:53Z
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%&*^(#$! I read my own post wrong and got it backwards! "Could care less" started in the United States. It was "couldN'T care less" that started in Britain. Sorry. My people are to blame.(I'm going to delete the original post.)https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/could-care-less-versus-couldnt-care-less/
(DIR) Post #AU9Gk3Yoi2f5Nmt7a4 by Nedwilcox1@mastodon.world
2023-03-30T17:45:40Z
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@grammargirl I'm in the camp that says "could care less" is nonsensical.
(DIR) Post #AU9H4JJfq6qG2XSlM0 by ForfarFairLady@mastodon.scot
2023-03-30T17:49:22Z
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@grammargirl It drives me mad when I read "could care less"! It just doesn't make sense!
(DIR) Post #AU9HSFn4bG7q3SdCD2 by jensilber@mastodon.social
2023-03-30T17:53:42Z
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@grammargirl I am sure I remember in the early 1980s that we would say a longer version — "As if I could care less" — in an exaggeratedly sarcastic tone. But I've never been able to find a confirmation in print or from a peer.
(DIR) Post #AU9HjnsL7soCgrSlTE by SunsetFire@mastodon.xyz
2023-03-30T17:56:50Z
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@grammargirl I wondered about that... Their extra vowels are a little annoying, but the Brits usually have us beat in correctness ✏️
(DIR) Post #AU9HqeBTYa36ezg2AC by wscottwatson@mastodon.green
2023-03-30T17:57:59Z
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@grammargirl If someone says to me "I could care less", my response is something like "good for you if you do care about it. I don't and I could not care any less".
(DIR) Post #AU9M4t4vNOccj0eslc by outeast@mastodon.green
2023-03-30T18:45:24Z
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@grammargirl I don't say it, but I've come to appreciate the way the "incorrect" form amplifies the sentiment by (not) giving a fuck about the pedants.
(DIR) Post #AU9QGvMl62IX6yzlrM by outeast@mastodon.green
2023-03-30T19:04:30Z
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@grammargirl I started wondering how this all fits, date wise, with "could give a shit/fuck/damn/hoot" and variants thereof (as opposed to the centuries-old explicitly NPI versions). Alas, since Google Books' search by date function finally broke, I don't know of any general, publicly accessible and free corpora.
(DIR) Post #AU9QGvun3VWIoWuwu8 by grammargirl@zirk.us
2023-03-30T19:32:31Z
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@outeast You could try COCA. I believe you have to register after a few searches, but it's free. https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/
(DIR) Post #AU9RrW7Y1LMtU1tRLc by jpv206@mas.to
2023-03-30T19:50:19Z
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@grammargirl my favorite part of “could care less” is people pretending that it’s ambiguous WaiT i’M SO ConFUsED!
(DIR) Post #AU9dAG3r3LGcfoIxPM by coffee4danz@mstdn.social
2023-03-30T21:56:57Z
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@grammargirl I’m so lazy that I could care less, but it would take more effort than I can muster. (Great article. Thanks!)
(DIR) Post #AUAUcfVCUQi2wOeZay by outeast@mastodon.green
2023-03-31T07:55:58Z
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@grammargirl Ah, thank you, that could be useful.
(DIR) Post #AUBOHz5K58Mz1kGNPM by paulsharples@mastodon.online
2023-03-31T18:19:43Z
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@grammargirl I’ve always assumed that “Could care less” is just a sarcastic version of “Couldn’t care less”