"Class Balance
We got nothing to say.
We couldn't care less about class balance!"We interrupt this broadcast, with a message from the planet:s England. Its from the Queen.
*Rings bell* oh ye, oh ye, oh yay!
Dear Rosearians,
As you know, everyone on planet England knows the Queen and she has asked me to have a quick word with you, on her behalf, about her English.
Dont worry this is not the standard tedius sneering about lootenants and aloominum. Essentially her message is..."use it how you like"...She doesnt mind.
She doesnt mind about the sensible ones, like spelling plow, quite obviously the way it should be spelt.
Nor does she mind about the silly ones, like saying tid bit.
By all means leave the u out of colour if it bothers you. She can also see how the bit of a car you put stuff in, looks more like a trunk than a boot.
That side walks are the bit at the side that you walk on. "Fine" says the Queen. Help yourself, she could'nt care less.
She could'nt care less though, not she could care less. Thats the one thing she would really like you to stop saying.
Because that, as an expression for not or hardly caring, just makes no sense.
If you could care less about something, then all your telling us is, that you do care and that you care atleast a little bit.
Because you could care less. But if you could'nt care less. Look observe this graph....*pulls out imaginary graph*
Heres me on the scale of caring. I am at 0. Therefore since negative caring is impossible. Or rather is simply caring of another sort.
...Love and hate being different sides of the same coin etc etc. I could'nt care less. I could care more, but i could'nt care less.
If i could care less, i would have to care atleast smallest unit of caring, in order to give myself room to care less.
I cant care nothing, if i could care less. But i might care much more than nothing.
I could care anything from here *points at graph*....to here....*points higher up on graph* I could still truthfully claim to be able to care less.
I could care less is absolutely useless as an indicator of how much you care, because the only thing it rules out, is that you dont care at all.
Which is exactly what your trying to convey. So thats the one thing i *coughs* the Queen would like us to stop saying.
Although while i have your attention.... The expression is "can you hold the fort" NOT "Hold down the fort"
If i ask you to "hold the fort" the metaphore im imploring is perfectly clear. You and i are in the fort together. Holding out against the enemies of the fort,
who are beseiging the fort! I now have to pop out of the fort for a bit, to get some printed toner or take the cat to the vet.
While i do this, dont worry about how i will get past the beseiging enemy. I have a secret tunnel and a false beard!
While i do this, i want you to "hold the fort" so that when i come back, we will both still have the fort. A perfectly reasonable metaphore,
embodying a sound military strategy.
If i ask you to "hold down the fort" what the heck am i talking about?!
"hold down the fort" while i go out, because as you know its an inflatable hover fort and once relieved of my weight it might float off into the sky.
"hold down the fort" and when i get back, the two of us can tickle the fort 0.o No...Meaningless. Stop it!
So those are the only two things. Stop doing those and you can say research and bernard to your hearts content.
Although erbs, really? your from the planet France now are you? with your erbal tea and your erbal remedies. Well fine, whatever makes you appy! I could care less.
P.s Hows my pronunciations? call Naughty1150 and let them know!
P.p.s Dont shoot the Messenger
p.p.ps I was edumacated on the Planet England
Edited by Naughty, 25 July 2011 - 07:47 AM.