Comment by justinhj
3 days ago
In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less". The intention and meaning is the same. So the original comment did mean to say what they said.
My point was that what may look like a mistake or a contradiction is just cultural development of natural language.
Another example is the British expression "It would be cheap at half the price"
> In the US "Could care less" is the equivalent to the British expression "Couldn't care less"
No, it's not.
It is. The American version just does not say what it means.
maybe it's regional? I always thought "Could care less" was in the same class as "irregardless" or "daylight saving time" -- in common use yet technically incorrect
Yes, it is.