>>Can't do that... my wife just adopted a rabbit (and a 3rd cat, but I >>guess the cat could care less about carrots). > >OK, totally off-topic but the differences between languages fascinate me. >In UK English the phrase is "could NOT care less about....." > >Think about it; it's logical. If someone could NOT possibly care any less >about ABC, that implies that ABC is irelevant to him. As this comment is >to most readers, I guess. :-)
Actually, I regularly interchange the two phrases, so it may not be a UK thing per se. I don't know why I interchange them, although maybe subconciously I do it to help it make more sense. In my particular usage, skipping the not does make sense. What I'm saying is the cat could care less [then the rabbit or Vric does] about carrots. In other words, Vric and the rabbit care more about carrots then the cat does. Of course, using a not in there also makes sense when you think of the phrase the way you exampled it. Really, its probably just my weak grasp of the english language that causes me to say things in strange ways. :-) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
