On 5/28/2014 2:28 AM, John Colvin wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 May 2014 at 21:40:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 5/27/2014 2:22 PM, w0rp wrote:
I'm actually a native speaker of 25 years and I didn't get it at first. Natural
language communicates ideas approximately.
What bugs me is when people say:
I could care less.
when they mean:
I couldn't care less.
and:
If you think that, you have another thing coming.
when they mean:
If you think that, you have another think coming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw&feature=kp
At least the Queen and I agree on something!