A Message For Our Friends In The U.S.

I have seen members from The U.S. post on ATS threads the saying " I could care less"

STOP

The correct saying is " I couldn't care less"

www.worldwidewords.org...

Rant over.

a reply to: alldaylong

It's only Americans?

a reply to: alldaylong
True, but you face an uphill struggle here.
And we have native mistakes which are just as irritating (like people who say "on his behalf" when they mean "on his part").

a reply to: alldaylong


I slap my hand as punishment...hangs head in shame....


Are you happy now....

ETA: You are now officially uninvited from my big Summer BBQ Bash....bless your little heart....

Des

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originally posted by: jhn7537
a reply to: alldaylong

It's only Americans?

Yes. I am afraid it is.

originally posted by: alldaylong

originally posted by: jhn7537
a reply to: alldaylong

It's only Americans?

Yes. I am afraid it is.

Well, I could care less

- The plural of aircraft is...aircraft...not aircrafts!
- A lot...not alot

...and SO many more!

originally posted by: jhn7537

originally posted by: alldaylong

originally posted by: jhn7537
a reply to: alldaylong

It's only Americans?

Yes. I am afraid it is.

Well, I could care less

Well that means you could care a little more less.

Do you?

a reply to: alldaylong
I always just cut to the chase and say "I don't care."

originally posted by: alldaylong

originally posted by: jhn7537

originally posted by: alldaylong

originally posted by: jhn7537
a reply to: alldaylong

It's only Americans?

Yes. I am afraid it is.

Well, I could care less

Well that means you could care a little more less.

Do you?

I think you know what I did there.... hahahaha

a reply to: alldaylong

Just for that I'm going to add milk first to my tea.

If you understand then what difference does it make? language is organic, which is why nobody says 'verrily I say unto thee' anymore
really? thats your rant?




CD (british)

originally posted by: countingdown
If you understand then what difference does it make? language is organic, which is why nobody says 'verrily I say unto thee' anymore
really? thats your rant?




CD (british)

If one uses the English language it should be used in the correct form.

Alternatively use slang.

a reply to: thesaneone

Jolly good! Being too delicate for hot tea the finest bone china demands it.


This is going better than I thought!

originally posted by: thesaneone
a reply to: alldaylong

Just for that I'm going to add milk first to my tea.

Good boy. That's the correct way to make a cuppa.

www.theguardian.com...

I forgot we have a language police

What is 'the correct term' and who decides it?

originally posted by: alldaylong

originally posted by: thesaneone
a reply to: alldaylong

Just for that I'm going to add milk first to my tea.

Good boy. That's the correct way to make a cuppa.

www.theguardian.com...

Cuppa...you said cuppa????? It's Cup Of, in America....you heathen...you...

Des

a reply to: alldaylong

Shame on you.
www.etiquettescholar.com...

"Milk is poured after the tea. You may have heard or read that milk precedes the tea into the cup; but please, please, dear tea lovers, don't be guilty of this faux pas (another reason for banishment to the Tea Drinkers' Hall of Shame).

Don't put the milk in before the tea because then you cannot judge the strength of the tea by its color. Also, you need not hear some snobbish, chilly remark such as, "Oh, she's the milk-in-first type of person."

Where did this old milk-first tale come from? Samuel Twining has theorized that milk­first prevented early china from cracking in reaction to boiling water. That theory appears rather shaky today since boiling water is not poured directly into the cup. Boiling water is poured over tea leaves in a teapot. The leaves steep at least three minutes, producing a liquid of a temperature much reduced from the boiling stage."

a reply to: alldaylong

Your barking up the wrong tree hear. There totally oblivious to prosper grammer!