I Could Care Less

[SalixIncendium]

I could care less if people read this thread.

And other common phrases that are frequently said incorrectly. Are you guilty of any of these?

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[Debater Slayer]

Not guilty of any of them. Yay me, I guess!

Three more: "Should have ran," "should have went," and "could of." While a word like "sorta" is just a colloquial shorthand, those three phrases just sound way off to me. I realize that language evolves and that dictionary entries change based on popular usage, though.

 

[Stevicus]

I could care less if I'm saying it wrong.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Another one... I really enjoy when we're talking about something and someone wants to be very pacific with what they say. I'd rather they just specify...specifically.

 

[John53]

I could care less if people read this thread.

And other common phrases that are frequently said incorrectly. Are you guilty of any of these?

25 Common Phrases That You're Saying Wrong - LifeHack

You might be shocked by how many common phrases and words that you're saying incorrectly. Here's a list of the ones you might be saying wrong.

www.lifehack.org

My wife is American, I'm Aussie and we confuse each other with these things at times. She says "could care less" and I say "couldn't care less". The most confusing though is "lucked out"... when she says it she means good luck but when I say it I mean bad luck.

 

[John53]

Another one... I really enjoy when we're talking about something and someone wants to be very pacific with what they say. I'd rather they just specify...specifically.

They're oceans away

 

[Rival]

I've only found Americans saying 'could care less'. Idk why.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I've only found Americans saying 'could care less'. Idk why.

We're a caring people.

 

[Debater Slayer]

On a related note, it generally doesn't bother me how someone speaks as long as I can understand them. Dialects exist, and not everyone has the opportunity to learn the details of verb conjugation or idiomatic phrases.

I would care more about such things in a formal or academic setting, since prescriptivism has some advantages there, but vernacular language is a different story.

 

[Secret Chief]

I could care less if people read this thread.

And other common phrases that are frequently said incorrectly. Are you guilty of any of these?

25 Common Phrases That You're Saying Wrong - LifeHack

You might be shocked by how many common phrases and words that you're saying incorrectly. Here's a list of the ones you might be saying wrong.

www.lifehack.org

Hmmmm... I would say wrongly not wrong.

 

[Secret Chief]

I've only found Americans saying 'could care less'. Idk why.

Poor education.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Poor education.

Is it, though? I attended the same language classes as others and observed others in school using incorrect grammar.

I think a lot has to do with how people speak at home. Many language skills are formed before a child even starts attending school.

 

[SalixIncendium]

On a related note, it generally doesn't bother me how someone speaks as long as I can understand them. Dialects exist, and not everyone has the opportunity to learn the details of verb conjugation or idiomatic phrases.

I would care more about such things in a formal or academic setting, since prescriptivism has some advantages there, but vernacular language is a different story.

It doesn't bother me as much as it used to, but when my OCD was at its climax, hearing incorrect grammar and phrases was like nails on a chalkboard.

It could also have to do with the fact that my step-father, who wasn't among my favorite people in the world, would tell me to use my head instead of a hat rack, to quit swinging on the kitchen chairs, wanted me to do work around the zebagabo, and would tell me to go the the batch-room to wash my hands.

Oops. Almost forgot about him telling me to break down the cowboard boxes.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Some people believe they have free reign rein to mix up idioms!

 

[Debater Slayer]

It doesn't bother me as much as it used to, but when my OCD was at its climax, hearing incorrect grammar and phrases was like nails on a chalkboard.

It could also have to do with the fact that my step-father, who wasn't among my favorite people in the world, would tell me to use my head instead of a hat rack, to quit swinging on the kitchen chairs, wanted me to do work around the zebagabo, and would tell me to go the the batch-room to wash my hands.

If you don't mind my asking, are you talking about actual OCD? If so, I believe that could indeed explain feeling especially bothered by something like poor grammar or a malaphor (speaking from experience here).

 

[SalixIncendium]

If you don't mind my asking, are you talking about actual OCD? If so, that could indeed explain feeling especially bothered by something like poor grammar or a malaphor (speaking from experience here).

I was never officially diagnosed, but there was a period in my life where I couldn't leave the house without the glasses in the cabinet being in rows by size and the coffee cup handles all facing the same direction, and checking them when I came home despite knowing no one had been there while I was gone.

 

[Stevicus]

Another one of my favorites is "for all intensive purposes."

 

[SalixIncendium]

Another one of my favorites is "for all intensive purposes."

But you never go to the hospital to find accident victims in the intents and care unit.

 

[ChristineM]

I could care less if people read this thread.

And other common phrases that are frequently said incorrectly. Are you guilty of any of these?

25 Common Phrases That You're Saying Wrong - LifeHack

You might be shocked by how many common phrases and words that you're saying incorrectly. Here's a list of the ones you might be saying wrong.

www.lifehack.org

I did'n realise i speaks proper inglish...

Any of those phrases i use i use correctly. There's only a couple i don't use, in fact I've never heard them.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I was never officially diagnosed, but there was a period in my life where I couldn't leave the house without the glasses in the cabinet being in rows by size and the coffee cup handles all facing the same direction, and checking them when I came home despite knowing no one had been there while I was gone.

I suppose it could have been OCD. Multiple therapists have also told me that how different cases manifest can be widely variable, and some people's OCD diminishes or goes away with age.

For longer-term and more extensive cases of OCD, there are usually many more symptoms than obsession with organization or double-checking. Many people with long-term OCD don't even experience these two symptoms but instead experience overthinking, intrusive thoughts, hoarding or germophobic tendencies, etc.

I digress, though. This is just a salient area of interest for me due to personal experience, but it's more suitable for another thread.