Could or Couldn't Care Less?

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Hi,

I'm confused.

I always thought the saying was;

"I COULDN'T care less"

Whereas the American forums I am on insist the saying is

"I COULD care less"

EG;

"I could care less if the Porsche is slower around the 'ring than a GT-R"

Am I retarded?

Actually. Scrap that. We all know I'm retarded, but, in this circumstance am I wrong?

Cheers,
Nik

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Ive always know it as "Couldn't care less" but i think (from tv mostly) that the yanks say "could care less":big_boss:

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"Couldn't" here too..

man.. this off topic section is really scraping the bottom of the barrel..

:bye:

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Funny this should pop up, I was talking about this with someone just two days ago!
I think the American's in all their wisdom have just completely missed the point of this saying. "I couldn't care less" obviously means what you're talking about is at the bottom of your care list, whereas "I could care less" kind of loses a lot of the impact...
Personally I feel its a bit of a case of American's not really understanding wtf they're saying. No offence to any American visitors of course :bye:

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Re: Could or Couldn't Care Less?

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take a deep breath.

Ok. Better now? Lets face it. The americans can't spell colour correctly. So i COULDN'T care less how they choose to turn a phrase tongue

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Americans would be the last people i would ask / take advice from on anything to do with the english language. tongue

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I could not care less what the butchered language of Amerenglish has brought to our fine, well spoken and gramatically correct forum.

To say that "I could care less" further defines why America has the largest percentage of obese people in the world. It comes down to laziness.
An alarming proportion of the population are too lazy to speak properly, to eat properly, to be educated properly and now we have found that they are so lazy, that they don't even to bother going to the full degree of not caring about something!

Another "couldn't" advocate here.

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Couldn't........................Could whatever. You understood didn't you?
Just colloquialisms gone nuts.

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I love threads where people unleash on American's.. they seriously are the worlds most stupid people..

The fact that they know nothing outside the US is scary enough.. let alone having George Bush JR being the most powerful man in the world.. hahaha..

America to me is like a massive Tasmania with no gun control.. recipe for disaster.

God I love being Australian, and living in Australia.. I have been to europe also, and still wouldn't trade this country for anything.. (expcept for maybe to live in Cancun during spring break only..)

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XXB4XX;128901 wrote:

I love threads where people unleash on American's.. they seriously are the worlds most stupid people..

The fact that they know nothing outside the US is scary enough.. let alone having George Bush JR being the most powerful man in the world.. hahaha..

America to me is like a massive Tasmania with no gun control.. recipe for disaster.

God I love being Australian, and living in Australia.. I have been to europe also, and still wouldn't trade this country for anything.. (expcept for maybe to live in Cancun during spring break only..)
It must be said however that Canadian's are MUCH better than Americans - they're like the Australian Version of Americans if that makes sense. Known a few Canadians and they were awesome people. But Part of my family is from the states and I have no further comments than those already disclosed by others in this thread - Not even going to TRY and defend them.

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Hi.

Hahaha! Thanks for the input guys, I feel better now.

Haha.

Cheers,
Nik

Brendan: Don't rag on my awesome threads.

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theprotest;128908 wrote:

Hi.

Hahaha! Thanks for the input guys, I feel better now.

Haha.

Cheers,
Nik

Brendan: Don't rag on my awesome threads.
I had too.. it was too much fun to resist..

and as for Canadians.. ultimate respect for them.. I hear its like Australia but it Snows everywhere! BONUS!

except they all have stupid accents.. like a french / american / homo.

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XXB4XX;128911 wrote:

except they all have stupid accents.. like a french / american / homo.
Wots dat all aboot hey?

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Hi,

We've insulted Americans, Tasmanians, French, Candian and Gays.

High five team!

Cheers,
Nik

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+ 1 to insult them too, just for fun,
, The saying would need to be "Couldn't care less" to make sense, as in you could not care less about a matter even if you tried (You Don't want to know about it)
To say I could care less implies that you do care a bit about it and if you tried perhaps you could show a little more dis-interest in the subject.

Damn Americans.......You guys are right they really are like Tasmanians gone wild.

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theprotest;128916 wrote:

Hi,

We've insulted Americans, Tasmanians, French, Candian and Gays.

High five team!

Cheers,
Nik
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAaaaaaa..... Too f'n funny....

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theprotest;128916 wrote:

Hi,

We've insulted Americans, Tasmanians, French, Candian and Gays.

High five team!

Cheers,
Nik
What a very diverse society we live in.. I can anihilate all types of people in 1 post.. I love freedom of speech..

for good measure..

Did you all know there is a MAJOR difference between a hill-billy and a Redneck?

Hill-Billy : Someone that lives in the mountains / desolate area with no t.v and stuff.. lives in the bush type of person, and loves living off the land (damn hippies!)

Redneck : Western suburbs of sydney equivalent of people in America.. They practise incest, live in caravans, useless to society, and a burden to the working class.

so please don't confuse the two!

now.. I sit back and wait for some tree hugging people protecting person to blast my post.. most probably someone from campbelltown or ingleburn.. either way , Im not retracting my statement.. we all know the west is filth.. so keep it out there and don't bring it to the east or south east! hahahah

for all that don't live in syd.. the west is innundated with 14 year old meth junke mothers in lycra tights, really bad blonde streaks, excess fake gold, smoke winfield blues while breastfeeding at a bust stop.

thats my rant for today!

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Hahaha I knew there was a reason I stayed clear of the west,
Lets create a big "Bogan World" in the middle of Australia somewhere, round up all the 14 year old junkies, 16 year old house'o grandma's and other useless parasites and throw them all in this big fenced off area, give them the gear to create their meth labs and with a bit of luck blow themselves up, it would save the tax payers a lot of money in the long run not having to feed their filthy habbits. :vampire:

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befour;128940 wrote:

Hahaha I knew there was a reason I stayed clear of the west,
Lets create a big "Bogan World" in the middle of Australia somewhere, round up all the 14 year old junkies, 16 year old house'o grandma's and other useless parasites and throw them all in this big fenced off area, give them the gear to create their meth labs and with a bit of luck blow themselves up, it would save the tax payers a lot of money in the long run not having to feed their filthy habbits. :vampire:
This place does exist already.. its called Dubbo.

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It's a bit like when the tossers say "write me" I know it's easier than saying "write me a letter" or "write to me" but still grates when I hear it.

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but without the west who would sell us wrecked cars, cheap(ish) labor and.... no wait... that's all they are good for...

west = australia's mexico... lol

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Who cares! haa

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BLACK BEAUTY;128964 wrote:

Who cares! haa
Hmmm... A valid point you make there....

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XXB4XX;128901 wrote:


America to me is like a massive Tasmania with no gun control.. recipe for disaster.
:no: That's not very nice...there are lots of normal people in Tasmania. And lots of bogans too, but that's the same as anywhere else!

BTW it's definitely "couldn't".

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Tina;128997 wrote:

:no: That's not very nice...there are lots of normal people in Tasmania. And lots of bogans too, but that's the same as anywhere else!

BTW it's definitely "couldn't".
Tina, your still new here matey.. once you get to know me, you will realise I decide to pick any random destination and flame it.. only for the sake of flaming.. never been to Tassie.. probably never will.. but im sure there must be some decent people there! smile

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