On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:57 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to  OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Tue, 27 Dec 2011 > 10:56:38 -0600: > Hi, > > Quote: > "I think they will care less about any theoretical arguments that...." > > This is one of my pet peeves with Americans. ;) > > The expression is "couldn't care less" not "could care less". > > "couldn't care less" is short for "It isn't possible for me to care less about > this subject because I don't care about it at all" (and I'm sure you don't ;) > > If you "could care less", then it means you must care about it to some extent > as > it is possible for you to care less than the amount that you now do.
Hey, don't steal my pet peeve. I have posted on this frequently. Stealing my pet peeve is so gay. ;-) T
