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Justin Hale
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| tomwaits wrote: |
Tone can be 80% of intent and meaning I just read somewhere.
I COULD care less... but I cant be bothered to lower my level of idifference. Meaning is fine.
If you say teh Giants will win the Super Bowl and someone says "I could care less" you get the idea. You say OK not deliver a dissertation about how they REALLY are saying they COULD care less so they care. Unless you want to drink your beer glass first. |
Slice it, justify it, any way you want. Fact is, it's a mutation and misconception.
In speech, it's usually difficult to pick up, but seeing it written down is a sad state of affairs. |
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oskinny1
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:06 am Post subject: |
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| I can't believe your talking about this! Your all loosers! |
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Ginormousaurus
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Shall we fall into the trap. Okay, why not.
"You're all losers." |
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Non-Americans get confused with the logic of the term, "to luck-out"; they assume it's negative. |
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MarionG
Joined: 14 Sep 2006
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Idiomatic expressions, such as "to luck-out," are, well. idioms.
"1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics." |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheonmunka wrote: |
Shall we fall into the trap. Okay, why not.
"You're all losers." |
You didn't want to correct the first "your??
Also, you were asking a question
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Isn't this a question? Where is the "?" |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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Oh dear, I'm afraid I'm off back,
back to the Stupid Farm.
I had better stop posting - digging my own grave.
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Binch Lover
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| Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I think maybe it's more annoying to non-North American ears because I have never heard the mistake made by anyone but a North American. If you're used to hearing it so often, then it doesn't grate as much. |
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