Can someone please explain how "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" can possibly mean the same thing?
LOGICAL ANSWERS ONLY, PLEASE.
46-50, F
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CountScrofula · 41-45, M
SImple.
"I couldn't care less" is the actual phrase, meaning that you don't care about the subject.
"I could care less" is a malapropism, someone is using the idiom incorrectly. But when they say it, the intended meaning is still the same and people tend to understand what they mean, just that they're getting the phrase wrong.
So they mean the same thing.
"I couldn't care less" is the actual phrase, meaning that you don't care about the subject.
"I could care less" is a malapropism, someone is using the idiom incorrectly. But when they say it, the intended meaning is still the same and people tend to understand what they mean, just that they're getting the phrase wrong.
So they mean the same thing.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@CountScrofula i think you deserve an award for slipping in Mrs Malaprops distinguishing feature lol
MaryDreamilton · 46-50, F
@CountScrofula But when they say it, the intended meaning is still the same and people tend to understand what they mean, just that they're getting the phrase wrong
Please explain that in a LOGICAL manner.
Please explain that in a LOGICAL manner.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@MaryDreamilton people make mistakes...
MaryDreamilton · 46-50, F
@Convivial So what? How does that explain in a logical manner how two opposite phrases can mean the same thing? 🤔
Convivial · 26-30, F
@MaryDreamilton it doesn't and it's not intended to... Can't give is the correct usage and means what it says, can give is incorrect and "does not compute"
