Shkoyach!
On 2022-06-21 08:55, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Lots of Yiddish idioms are in the form of a question, and if a translator misses the implied question mark,
all meaning is lost. The phrase "I could care less" is the result of applying a tin ear to a
sarcastic Yiddish idiom. The Yiddish idiom translates to either "Ask me if I could care less." or
to "I could care less?" with an implied answer of no.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions
That’s beautiful. And a pet peeve of mine.
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On Monday, June 20, 2022, 1:47 PM, Tony Harminc <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 13:34, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote:
I could care less about Python.
Could you care a lot less, or just a little bit less? There is surely
quite a range of caring.
Here's a little chart that may help you express how much you care
about Python or anything else.
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