A certain phrase has been on my mental pet peeves list for a while. Every time I hear someone say it, it jars – it’s not one of those UK*\/North America differences where both ways are equally valid and I just have to get used to it, because the North American version is clearly just plain WRONG<\/b>!<\/p>\n
However, for some reason I’ve never felt quite strongly enough about this issue to blog about it (not on a Tuesday, anyway).<\/p>\n
Last week, though, I was catching up on some (very) old podcasts and found that John Cleese has already said everything I wanted to say on the matter, much more eloquently than I ever could:<\/p>\n
(ETA: Eva pointed out that David Mitchell has had a very similar rant on this subject<\/p>\n
Love it!)<\/p>\n
HA!<\/p>\n
Now I have something to which I can refer people who challenge and\/or mock me for saying “I couldn’t care less”. I will continue to say it this way because a) I’m still British, damnit and b) it’s correct, whereas the North American way really<\/i> doesn’t make any<\/i> sense (sorry).<\/p>\n *I say UK just because I’m not 100% sure which version is used in Australia, New Zealand, or Ireland, although I suspect they all say “I couldn’t care less”. <\/span> A certain phrase has been on my mental pet peeves list for a while. Every time I hear someone say it, it jars – it’s not one of those UK*\/North America differences where both ways are equally valid and I … Continue reading
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