> > It might be a local idiom, but I hear people say, "I could care less." I think it means they don't care at all, but it confuses me. Shouldn't they say, "I couldn't care less."?
> > Howard
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> It isn't local. It's universal, and extremely STUPID. I hear the same thing everywhere I go -- even catch myself saying it, for Pete's sake -- and it irritates me to no end.
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> On the topic of nonsensical idioms, who exactly is "Pete", and why should we be doing all these things for his sake?
>
> Iss "sakes alive!" achar

I dunno...maybe it means St. Peter?

Another thing I don't get: Why do we say Merry Christmas? We say Happy Hanauka, Happy New Year's, Happy Birthday etc etc, so why *Merry* Christmas? Why not Happy Christmas?

M"I just don't get it, for Pete's sake!"el