I could care less

[AKIron]

I only grew melons two years Bluedog and the first was unintentional. Don't recall having a problem with any moldy patches on the bottoms though. Of course it is usually pretty dry here in Texas which may be the reason.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by SOB
or "it's a mute point"

Just as bad is
 "He cant have his cake and eat it too"

This is incorrect

It should be "He cant eat his cake and have it too"

You can have your cake then eat it.
But you cant eat your cake then still have it

[AKIron]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Just as bad is
 "He cant have his cake and eat it too"

This is incorrect

It should be "He cant eat his cake and have it too"

You can have your cake then eat it.
But you cant eat your cake then still have it

You can if you have a younger sibling.

[ravells]

Oh my god............the 'you can't have your cake and eat it too'

Billy Connely did a whole sketch about the insanity of that expression.

Ravs

ps. If you grew Melons, Iron, you'd be a woman.

Ravs

[WilldCrd]

give everybody over there "my regards"

[ravells]

oh wow.....now you've lost me....why is 'my regards' gramatically incorrect?

Ravs

[AKIron]

Originally posted by WilldCrd
give everybody over there "my regards"

Brings to mind another, "irregardless".

[ravells]

And that triggers...Flammable........I nflammable

surely they must be opposites?

Ravs

[rogwar]

Originally posted by ravells
Sorry a little pet peeve of mine. In the UK, it's I couldn't care less, or could not care less....... ie it is so insignificant you could not care less.

Where does this 'could care less' come from? I've seen it at least three times and all from American posters. Do you use the term differently?

Ravs

It started here in the USA maybe almost 300 years ago. It was not to bastardise the language but rather to escape from being POMEs. Now we don't even know why we do it....

[ravells]

problem is Rogwar, your countrymen are saying that 'could care less' is wrong.

Ravs

[rogwar]

Originally posted by ravells
problem is Rogwar, your countrymen are saying that 'could care less' is wrong.

Ravs

Well, I could care less about this thread. I would never mind them.

"Never mind" is just as equally baffling to the new world nowadays.

"Never mind" means like "forget about it", but not in a USA mafia sort of context. Maybe we can blame this on the Italians?

[ravells]

Never you mind...if I read my 'Calvin and Hobbes' correctly.

And that is the the word in Amlish


ravs

[rogwar]

Originally posted by ravells
Never you mind...if I read my 'Calvin and Hobbes' correctly.

And that is the the word in Amlish


ravs

While I'm certain you are reading your "Calvin and Hobbes" correctly, I distinctly remember at the moment hearing an educated, albiet edlerly lady that owned and ran a B&B in Wirksworth, in the Derbyshire Dales area, saying, "Oh, I never mind them".

Well, but it was the Peak District....

[ravells]

rogwar....you're full of surprises!

ravs

[Octavius]

"I could care less"  

or

 "I care about the subject matter enough to actually mention that I *could* indeed offer less care than is being given.  The potential for a state of lesser-caring exists, but it is the case in which I choose more care to be offered."