RE: (313) I could care less (was Hawtin or Mills...)

[The REAL Mxyzptlk]

From my experience, it's usually just a sloppy use of language - like 
using the (non) word "irregardless".

                                jeff

At 04:30 AM 6/2/2003, Robert Taylor wrote:
Really?
And I thought the Brits had the monopoly on sarcasm!

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Jonny McIntosh wrote:
> > I
> > could care less (or in the uk, I *couldn't* care less)
>
> Yeah, is this a cultural thing? Why do so many Americans say the 
opposite of
> what they mean on this?

It's sarcasm.