Thread: Why do Americans say they 'could care less'
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Old 05-01-2009, 03:53 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by mogui View Post
Ha! Americans, specifically those from the United States, say, "could care less" for the same reason they, and their TV announcers refer to "events" as "incidences". I have lived there so I have fluency in that variant of English. Businesses are often promising "free gifts" for listening to a sales pitch. Maybe they wish to sell you some jew-ler-ee (jewelry), or maybe it is a re-leh-tor (realtor) hoping to interest you in some property. If you can tolerate the former president making nuke-you-lar (nuclear) policy, maybe you can also prolly (probably) accommodate a per-fession-al (one who has years and years of schooling) far-tog-ra-fur (one who makes fartographs). I actually got comf-ter-bull (comfortable) with those neologisms, though not to the point of using them in my own speech.

Languages change because usage changes. Remember that half the American population has an IQ of less than 100. Some linguistic shifts come from the shallow end of the gene pool too!
Up until the last sentence I was going along with this in good humour, but I really do have to wonder at your intent with this post.

-MJ
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