I could care less/I could give a damn

[Fran2023]

Trivial I know, but I’m trying to keep my mind off the mess that the world is in.

Does it bother anyone else when you hear or read someone saying ‘I could care less’ when they mean ‘I couldn’t care less’ ?

What this mistake means is the opposite to the what they (appear) to mean. For example: ‘I could give a damn that you need a lift to the station. I’m busy!’

Anyway, just wanted to share and as it’s only me and the cat this morning and she told me that she ‘could care less’ I’m posting here.

Myself drives me mad. It makes people sound stupid.

While I'm on ( kind of) the subject why can't people eat properly anymore? I watch Four In A Bed as it's my industry and watching them eat their breakfast gives me the absolute rage. The way they hold their cutlery, variously like pens, daggers, shovels, makes them look like we haven't evolved from Neanderthals.

"A women" 🤬

Because when I lived in West Indies it was part of the dialect.

Of course it does!

"If you think Spurs will win the league, you've got another think coming." How would thing fit in there?

It’s a case of judging what was said rather than judging the people saying it. I didn’t make any comment about people saying ‘could care less,’ simply said that hearing it irritates me.

I also appreciate the idea that the phrase is said ironically.

Edited to remove extra pronoun.

I also know someone who says ‘pacifically’ instead of ‘specifically.’ It is …odd, but I still love her ;)

Yes, another think coming is correct, it’s “another thing coming” that doesn’t make sense.

Doesn’t it mean “I could care less but I can’t be arsed?”

And taking Umbridge. No, you take umbrage.

Youse and ye are brilliant - formal English really lacks a clearly plural you. Youse and ye are used colloquially in Ireland and very useful they are too.

We've got yous in Northeast England, too.

Clearly a Harry Potter fan.

Youse was used a lot in Australia when I was a kid - I seldom hear it now. There was a definite class marker about it.

Saw this and thought of you lot.

That takes me back to my first boss, in the '80s - I never heard anyone mangle sayings and cliches like him. "Gets my goat up" and "biting at straws" were two of his many efforts. Oh, and "flatulence is what old ladies get" - he meant hot flushes.

but "gets my goat up" is quite a common saying...

I think it’s get my goat, or gets my back up. Not gets my goat up

It's not.

No, as @minipie and @CaptainMyCaptain said, the phrase is "gets my goat" or "gets my back up".

I have a visceral reaction every time someone uses 'an' before a word beginning with h. I assume it's because Americans say "an herb" without the h and no one pronounces the h in honour so you'd say "it's an honour to meet you" but I've also seen - on news articles no less - things like "an hero". BUT NO ONE PRONOUNCES IT "ERO"!? Arghhhh.

Speaking of Americans I think this might be more commonly used by them, but using "drug" as the past tense of "drag". It drives me insane. Like "they drug him back to shore". What?!?!