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>>>I could care less ;-)
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>>Why isn't that "I couldn't care less" BTW, as we say in the UK? The US way suggests that there are things that demand less care than what the other has said, whereas the UK way says "that's the thing that I care least about"
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>Because people are illiterate. Correctly, it it "I couldn't care less," but most people get it wrong. Mike, however, was joking.

Oh, I knew Mike was joking but his having said that just reminded me.

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>On the same note, another one like this is "for all intents and purposes," which makes perfect sense. I regularly hear people say "for all intensive purposes," which I guess leaves out all the ordinary ones.

And as Joey Triviani says "supposably" :-)

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>While I'm whining, in the US, the "t" in "often" is supposed to be silent and the letter "r" appears twice in "temperature" and is supposed to be pronounced both times.

And do you get people pronouncing "secretary" as "sekyetary" like we do in the UK, and "enviroment"?
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>There, now I feel better. <g>

Oh I always feel better after a good syntax/semantics/punctuation/grammar rant! :-)

Terry