To wonder what all this CALLING is all about?

[WetAugust]

Have noticed the verb 'to call' being used for a variety of purposes recently, as in:

I didn't like what he did so I called him on that = (challenged?)

He was acting unreasonably so I called him up on that. = (rebuked?)

I wanted to go out for the day but he wanted to stay in so I called him = (disgareed?)

When did this habit of using calling to challenge / disagree / rebuke etc start?

Or have I just started to get annoyed at its use notice it?

Are you calling us on the use of calling? ARE YOU?!

I don't know when it started, I think it's an American thing and I have been guilty of using it once or twice.

I will NEVER use "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" which is the correct version.

I haven't noticed the 'could care less' phrase being used - yet!

I thought the Americans use call to mean phone (verb)

My mate is from Lancashire and uses this all the time (we're in Scotland)
Her mum does the same, I think it's a regional thing.

When I lived in Lancs I heard this a lot as well.

"I could care less" doesn't actually make any sense, does it? It implies you care a bit, so used as a put down it's fairly rubbish . It's the exact opposite of the commonly used "couldn't care less" and totally subverts it's actual meaning.

Can't you also have a 'calling' to a profession?

The one that gets me is 'Ima' used to mean 'I intend to'.