> > 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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I have to agree with this. Everytime I hear someone say this, I want to strangle them. But it's accepted now because it's used all the time, so "it must be right." Grr.

> On the topic of nonsensical idioms, who exactly is "Pete", and why should we be doing all these things for his sake?
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Saint Peter, perhaps? Although I still don't know why we should do things for his sake.