[Husker] Spring questions from around college football

[Alan Siporin]

On 2/5/05 11:15 AM, "Theodore Heise" <theo at heise.nu> wrote:

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> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, Mike Nolan wrote:
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>>>>      It depends what you mean when you say I could care less about
>>>> recruiting, and I assume you mean you COULDN'T care less.
>>> 
>>> This is disputed usage, actually.
>> 
>> Both are considered equivalent in current usage even though one is
>> (on the face) implying somewhat the opposite.
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> Depends on who you talk to--that's why it's disputed.


I think it rewards ignorance to have some "word authority" now say either
one means the same thing. One phrase is COULD care less, the other is COULD
NOT care less, and they mean the same thing?! Enough people have miss-spoken
enough times and now it becomes accepted. Not for me. When someone says they
COULD care less, they are saying exactly that. What they should have said is
that they COULDN'T care less.

Alan Siporin