Americans say 'I could care less'?

I just realised that Americans us the expression 'i could care less' when they are less than interested in something

whether us english say 'I couldn't care less'

I mean im not having a go but the American way doesnt make any sense if you are supposed to be expressing zero interest in a particular subject

or is that even what Americans are trying to say when they use their version of this expression ?

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I say I couldn't care less.

I'm an American.

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I say I couldn't care less.

I'm an American.

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FragStains

i know ive noticed that before its pretty annoyingclock_of_omens

Me too, though it doesn't annoy me so much...I just thought about the grammar and make a conscious effort to not say that. But yeah, I think it's weird. There's a lot of incorrect grammar used in colloquial American Engrish.

Nope. We say I couldn't care less....only a few use I could care less....:roll:

It's part of "American English" ;)

When English doesn't suit you..... americanize it.

This guy seems to have a good idea of what he's talking about, nice critique of the uses of certain american phrases.

From the above commentary:

"It seems to have reached the US some time in the 1950s and to have become popular in the latter part of that decade. The inverted form I could care less was coined in the US and is found only there. It may have begun to be used in the early 1960s, though it turns up in a written form only in 1966.

Why it lost its negative has been much discussed. It's clear that the process is different from the shift in meaning that took place with cheap at half the price. In that case, the inversion was due to a mistaken interpretation of its meaning, as has happened, for example, with beg the question."

I say I couldn't care less.

I'm an American.

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FragStains

"I could care less" meaning i could care less if i tryed but i couldn't care less

Bam thats what us americans mean when we say that

"I could care less" meaning i could care less if i tryed but i couldn't care less

Bam thats what us americans mean when we say that

footfoe2

good for them not caring less

abiding by the rules pffffft....

Its just the way people say it. At least it's better than the other kinds of inproper english we have here.

Trust me.

Come to my hometown. You will feel like your brain was sexually assaulted with a wrench.

Besides, it's not like we're the only ones to rape English.

British slang is even more darn annoying.

Besides, it's not like we're the only ones to rape English.

British slang is even more darn annoying.

-TheSecondSign-

'Wot, you wanna come round 'ere and say dat. I'll ******* bang yer.

As far as I can tell, it's just an English mistake that gets propogated by repetition, kind of like "irregardless".GabuEx

It is just the retarded and illiterate bunch who say that.

Also when people confuse the words "then" and "than".

eg. "I am better then you" when it should say "I am better than you".

RETARDS.

[QUOTE="-TheSecondSign-"]

Besides, it's not like we're the only ones to rape English.

British slang is even more darn annoying.

Hoobinator

'Wot, you wanna come round 'ere and say dat. I'll ******* bang yer.

lol huh?

I say I couldn't care less.

I'm an American.

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FragStains

ya I say correctly too.

Another thing we are guilty of saying is "Ive got" which is redundant. "I've" works perfectly fine, why add the "got" in there.

"I've got something in my front pocket for you"

versus

"I've something in my front pocket for you"

but its funny because I try to say "Ive" on its own and it sounds so wrong say I just say "Ive got". I will be honest though when I am chilling with my friends I dont watch my grammar, but when I am in front of coworkers and on job interviews or anyone who is essentially a superior I do.

It is just the retarded and illiterate bunch who say that.

Also when people confuse the words "then" and "than".

eg. "I am better then you" when it should say "I am better than you".

RETARDS.

LLCoolKo

It is just the retarded and illiterate bunch who say that. Also when people confuse the words "then" and "than". eg. "I am better then you" when it should say "I am better than you".LLCoolKo

:)

whether us english say 'I couldn't care less'

gillri

don't you mean "while us english say 'I couldn't care less'"?

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"][QUOTE="LLCoolKo"]It is just the retarded and illiterate bunch who say that. Also when people confuse the words "then" and "than". eg. "I am better then you" when it should say "I am better than you".LLCoolKo

Yes it did, now go back to jerking off over Harry Potter.

Cheers.

if one is to say "i could care less" it Means I could care less if i wanted to But i couldn't care less!!!!

I use both, and appropriately.

[QUOTE="FragStains"]

I say I couldn't care less.

I'm an American.

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blackngold29

Hypothesis failed?

Sorry, kid, doesn't work like that.

Generalizing FTW? I'm American and I say I couldn't careless.

Here is an example: I couldn't care less about this thread.

Look out, it's the grammar Nazi!MattUD1