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Uploaded on May 20, 2010

David Mitchell addresses the American Nation on the proper use of particular English words and phrases.
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  • DameAndThatGame

    DameAndThatGame 1 day ago

    TBH...... I "couldn't" care less!

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  • EnglishGavz

    EnglishGavz 1 day ago

    The full saying is "I could care less, but I wouldn't know how." The shortening has destroyed it's actual meaning.

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  • EnglishGavz

    EnglishGavz 21 minutes ago

    I believe what it's supposed to mean is that your current caring levels are so low, actually finding a lower level is not worth the hassle.

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  • Oohyoutouchmytalala

    Oohyoutouchmytalala 48 minutes ago

    essentially saying "i care a tiny bit" isn't really much of a compliment, and obviously you haven't been paying attention to the use of "i could care less" because I've only ever seen it used where the person speaking does not care.

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  • Matteo Trombini

    Matteo Trombini 55 minutes ago

    That not only implies that you could care less because you do care, but also that you are too stupid to be able to care less.

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  • Aus78Formula

    Aus78Formula 2 hours ago

    you really are stupid, so we won't try to explain further

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  • EnglishGavz

    EnglishGavz 4 hours ago

    Basically yeah, it just puts emphasis on how difficult it would be to find this lower level of caring, kind of implying their current caring level is dangerously low.

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    hwtippetts 7 hours ago

    that would be 'afternoon tea'. tea is a meal at around 6:00pm

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    hwtippetts 7 hours ago

    isn't that saying that you have no means of caring nothing? as in, I could care less than I do, but I can't, so I am stuck caring a bit...

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  • Joshua Case

    Joshua Case 8 hours ago

    In the UK Lunch is Lunch, Dinner is Dinner and Tea is 5 o'clock' where you have a cup of tea and a break from whatever you are doing.

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  • Joshua Case

    Joshua Case 8 hours ago

    Just like the phrase 'Ignorance is bliss, when wisdom is folly', shortened, it makes no sense yet it used very often...

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  • wanderingrandomer

    wanderingrandomer 8 hours ago

    Over here, there's always tea involved...

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