I've often wondered about the phrase, "I could care less", thinking, that makes no sense at all. Alas I was right to wonder.
Peep Show's on Netflix, I was happy to discover.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:14 pm
by Frigidus
Yeah, I'm with him. Also, stop saying irregardless. I hate that. So in Britain you guys pronounce herb with a hard 'H'?
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:40 pm
by DoomYoshi
I'm having difficulty believing that pedant and pedophile don't share a root word.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:26 pm
by Symmetry
DoomYoshi wrote:I'm having difficulty believing that pedant and pedophile don't share a root word.
It helps if you employ British spelling-"paedophile"
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:28 pm
by Symmetry
Frigidus wrote:So in Britain you guys pronounce herb with an 'H'?
Fixed, and yes.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 2:58 pm
by crispybits
Symmetry wrote:
Frigidus wrote:So in Britain you guys pronounce herb with an 'H'?
Fixed, and yes.
Unless you're a cockney anyway
'ere boss, 'Arry said 'e's 'avin' a bad 'allucination!
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:07 pm
by TA1LGUNN3R
"I could care less" still implies that you shouldn't care as much as you do (as in I need to stop caring because this is ridiculous), therefore it's still effective as a phrase.
Sym wrote:It helps if you employ British spelling-"paedophile"
I thought it was Peter File.
-TG
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:09 pm
by notyou2
I think "I could care less" is Yiddish.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:10 pm
by Army of GOD
Yeah, cockney rhyming slang makes a fuckton of sense too.
i mean, other than the free views and inevitable anti-america circlejerk that they wanted to provoke.
do dumb people in the UK not say "could care less"?
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:38 pm
by crispybits
Nope - even our stupid people are better educated than that
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:50 am
by oVo
Ha Ha Ha! our stupid people are better than your stupid people
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:35 am
by Maugena
I was actually thinking about the phrase the other day, strangely. Though I'm pretty sure I've just about always used "couldn't". I never really gave any thought to the holding the fort phrase, though. Didn't really use it much nor did I care.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:04 am
by muy_thaiguy
Maugena wrote:I was actually thinking about the phrase the other day, strangely. Though I'm pretty sure I've just about always used "couldn't". I never really gave any thought to the holding the fort phrase, though. Didn't really use it much nor did I care.
Eh, could care less about it.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:04 am
by Ray Rider
I'm with the Queen on this one; it's been an annoyance to me as well when people say "I could care less."
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:08 am
by tkr4lf
The "irregardless" bit is what annoys me the most. That's not a fucking word.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 2:31 am
by Maugena
tkr4lf wrote:That's not a fucking word.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:33 am
by chang50
crispybits wrote:Nope - even our stupid people are better educated than that
Cheered me up no end pal,even funnier than the clip..
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:46 am
by aage
Same thing, 5 month later by an American. Apparently they do care.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 3:18 pm
by keiths31
aage wrote:
Same thing, 5 month later by an American. Apparently they do care.
An Alanis reference 20 years too late...is quite lame.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:51 pm
by Timminz
keiths31 wrote:
aage wrote:
Same thing, 5 month later by an American. Apparently they do care.
An Alanis reference 20 years too late...is quite lame.
Oddly enough, it is rather ironic for someone to write a song titled "Ironic" without knowing what the word means.
Re: Dear Americans
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:30 pm
by betiko
aage wrote:
Same thing, 5 month later by an American. Apparently they do care.
As far as I know Scotland and wales are nations but not countries.