On Dec 17, 12:49 am, Gregory Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Eelco wrote: > > the actual english usage of the phrase, which omits > > the negation completely :). (I could care less) > > No, that's the American usage. The English usage is > "I couldn't care less", which has the advantage of > actually making sense. > > -- > Greg
Oh thanks for clearing that up, never noticed a division along these lines. And yes, I agree; 'I couldnt care less' makes much more sense. 'I could care less' can only make sense if you interpret it sarcastically, as if omitting an 'oh wait, I cant', but that does not seem congruent with how its typically pronounced. Just another case of suboptimal language design; but where can you submit EEP's? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
