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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Try making the distinction, what a closet is to those in the UK! 😂
They have closets for their dishes. Not cupboards.
They have closets for their dishes. Not cupboards.
AceOfSpades · 36-40, MVIP
@DeWayfarer or an "eggplant", which is neither an egg or a plant.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@AceOfSpades don't you folks call them aubergines? 🤔
AceOfSpades · 36-40, MVIP
@DeWayfarer Yes we do. Because that's what the French called them before English had anything in the language.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@AceOfSpades knew a Guy that used that for a username. 😄
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Bleed A couple on here in the UK are still calling kitchen cupboards closets. Maybe it's a regional thing yet I distinctly remember that conversation. They are around your age.
AceOfSpades · 36-40, MVIP
@DeWayfarer I've never heard that one before. Always the cupboards for me.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@AceOfSpades They are sort of a popular couple on here. 🤷🏻♂
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Bleed Geesh, I really don't want to call them out on this. It's so silly.
I could care less what anyone calls anything as long as they explain the discrepancies.
They did.
Besides I think you folks would have a problem with a walk-in closet. It's almost the size of a room. In fact, in the wealthy places, it is a separate room.
My bedroom as a child was smaller than the average walk-in closet. 6 x 8 feet. Instead of 8 x 8 feet.
I could care less what anyone calls anything as long as they explain the discrepancies.
They did.
Besides I think you folks would have a problem with a walk-in closet. It's almost the size of a room. In fact, in the wealthy places, it is a separate room.
My bedroom as a child was smaller than the average walk-in closet. 6 x 8 feet. Instead of 8 x 8 feet.
emmasfriend · 46-50, F
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@DeWayfarer you should say” I couldn’t care less”.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@emmasfriend Water Closet. Yet say that in certain places they they will think of a loo. 🙃
Not a walk-in closet.
Not a walk-in closet.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Ferise1 Either way works. 🤷🏻♂
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@DeWayfarer no l could care less is a mistake, people didn’t hear the real expression properly 😊
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Ferise1 No you need to go by context, which is what people refuse to do.
Especially those that are pedant.
Especially those that are pedant.
emmasfriend · 46-50, F
@DeWayfarer
The WC is my loo !
My French relatives pronounce it [excuse phonetics] dooblervay say.
I, having become anglicised say loo.
The WC is my loo !
My French relatives pronounce it [excuse phonetics] dooblervay say.
I, having become anglicised say loo.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@emmasfriend In America they would say restroom though.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@DeWayfarer what do you mean go by context?
“I could care less” means you care a little… what would it take for you to care less? Why bother saying it?
“I could care less” means you care a little… what would it take for you to care less? Why bother saying it?
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Ferise1
Exactly.
And I couldn't care less is a double negative. Couldn't and less.
“I could care less” means you care a little
Exactly.
And I couldn't care less is a double negative. Couldn't and less.
Ferise1 · 46-50, M
@DeWayfarer no it’s not a double negative, it means it’s not possible to care less…🙄😂
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Ferise1 AI generated
Yet not fully
"I couldn't care less" is often misunderstood as a double negative, but it actually means that one cannot care any less than they currently do, indicating complete indifference.
The phrase "couldn't care less" is the correct expression to convey a lack of concern, while "could care less" implies that one still cares to some degree
The phrase "couldn't care less" is the correct expression to convey a lack of concern, while "could care less" implies that one still cares to some degree
Yet not fully