attn: Americans

[Drederick Tatum]

you have a fine history of butchering the English language from the misspelling and pronunciation of words like aluminium, and the constant replacement of the elegant 'S' with the crass and crude 'Z' to your total rejection of the letter 'U' in noble words like colour and favourite. However, the one linguistic crime that irks me the most is the phrase, 'I could care less.' this makes no sense. used to emphasize your indifference to a particular event/issue/remark, the proper, and indeed logical, formation of such an utterance is, 'I couldn't care less.' Here, the lack of concern is such that there is no more room for indifference. Whereas with your bastardised version the meaning is totally ambiguous, as there remains space for more apathy.

I await your reasons for this blatant disregard for language and logic. 'I could care less' is not a valid excuse.

[Freebasser]

It's "sarcastic" apparently.

More like moronic :/

[Drederick Tatum]

Americans don't do irony. too complex.

[-T-]

cry, cry, cry. Get over it.

[Drederick Tatum]

NEVER!



*puts -T- on list*

[Freebasser]

I bet -T- could care less that he's on your list.

[TAL]

Don't forget that they get their hair did.

[DIGI]

We park on driveways and drive on parkways.

[MC Moot]

American's have a fine history of butchering the English....full stop.....however and lest we forget without Uncle Sam the English would be sporting lederhosen and preparing for Ocktoberfest....when not goosestepping around Piccadilly Circus,ensuring everyones papers are in order, while keeping the trains on time.....I love the difference in slang/dialect form state to state,particularily the Southern states....great fun....:D

A boot is footwear not the trunk of your car.....

[venusvenus123]

and bangs are bits of hair that sit on your forehead :confused:

bangs. where the hell did that come from?

another of many is... why did they drop the H from herb?

[-T-]

I bet -T- could care less that he's on your list.

Depends on the list.

Aluminum

[-T-]

and bangs are bits of hair that sit on your forehead :confused:

bangs. where the hell did that come from?

another of many is... why did they drop the H from herb?

Bangs... WTF do you call them. At least we have a name.

ERB? where did you get that from?

[MC Moot]

Bangers and mash....mmmm.....mashed potato with a side of hair clippings swept up from the barbers shop floor....;)

[Bob]

americans have been "bastardizing the language" since before you jerks that complain about it were born, jesus. stop acting like any of you ever invented a language and get over it

[DIGI]

Yeah, we are all fat and retarded while you all talk shit about how much Americans suck while wearin' a Yankees hat.

[-T-]

GO DRINK SOME TEA BITCHEZ!

EDIT: and grow some muttonchops!

[DIGI]

GO DRINK SOME TEA BITCHEZ!

sigh.

[Planetary]

i don't think about it too much but it is annoying. i do like it when i get the option of choosing english uk or english us on programs i install or whatever.

[Whatitis]

GO DRINK SOME TEA BITCHEZ!

EDIT: and grow some muttonchops!


And smoke a fag.


I guess we did fuck it up.

[Drederick Tatum]

americans have been "bastardizing the language" since before you jerks that complain about it were born, jesus. stop acting like any of you ever invented a language and get over it

does 'I could care less' make sense, bob? DOES IT?!!

[Bob]

does 'I could care less' make sense, bob? DOES IT?!!

do english people take urine samples when they make jokes?

[Drederick Tatum]

DOESSS IT?!!?!

[HEIRESS]

FRINGE!

I dont like using that term because to me it almost implies very OUT there bangs that are all assymmetrical and blunt and hard core and attempting to not blend in with the society norm.

mine would be more of a not too political, safe, attempting to fit in and be pleasing type of bitsofhairsittingonmyforehead

[Bob]

i'm asking the questions here!

[Bob]

they call them "baungs"

[TurdBerglar]

whenever i say i could care less i say it in a very sarcastic way and roll my eyes. seems to make sense that way.

[insertnamehere]

I've heard Americans say "I couldn't care less"... but I've also heard "I could care less." Maybe the latter is sarcasm? That's probably it. It was originally intended as sarcasm and then it just got picked up and mixed in with common phrases that people say and don't think about. Mystery solved.

You non-American English speakers don't speak perfectly proper English either. You've got slang and whatnot. Quit yer bitchin!

[insertnamehere]

Oh goddamnit turd beat me

[hellojello]

You think it makes no sense but you've got to keep in mind that to these people Craig and Greg actually rhyme.

[TurdBerglar]

no they don't

[Bob]

these people

hello

[hellojello]

emphasis on the these

[TurdBerglar]

who the fuck have you come across that thinks these two names rhyme

[hellojello]

Buoy.

[Documad]

who the fuck have you come across that thinks these two names rhyme

They rhyme when I say them.

[hpdrifter]

I never say "could care less". It irks me too. there are stupid and/or lazy people butchering the language in every culture.

couldN'T care less

[Documad]

I've probably said that I could care less as well.

[hellojello]

I said deep seeded once.
Personally I still think it makes a lot more sense than deep seated.

[TurdBerglar]

http://media.putfile.com/craig-and-greg

[hellojello]

Haha that's dedication.

[TurdBerglar]

http://media.putfile.com/could-care-less


seems to work quite fine with the sarcasm

[Drederick Tatum]

^no it's still complete nonsense.

[TurdBerglar]

makes perfect sense


like you're willing to put effort into making yourself care less just to spite whoever you're speaking to.

[Drederick Tatum]

I spoke to my American flatmate about this and he admits it's utter stupidity on the part of American linguistic culture. so I told him to give himself an uppercut.

[TurdBerglar]

i bet this phrase started out somewhere on television during the 50's or 60's as some character's catchphrase and it was probably use just how i explained it.

[Drederick Tatum]

don't you dare blame tv.

[TurdBerglar]

isn't that how americans learn?

[ericlee]

who sayz could care lezz anymore?

The official phraze is 'I could givez a ratz azz'

and I hope my hip American replacement of s to z irked you even more.

[Yetra Flam]

No-one has made fun of how people from New Zealand talk yet, eh bro?

[mikizee]

Yeah. NZ'ers talk funny.

Australians rule.

[Yetra Flam]

no they don't

[mikizee]

were you referring to my first or second statement?

[Yetra Flam]

the second one

[TurdBerglar]

fight?

[Drederick Tatum]

were you referring to my first or second statement?

clearly both, you baby losing, fly pie eating, crocodile hunting, koala buggering, refugee imprisoning, land stealing, tourist killing, shrimp barbecuing, convict.

[Yetra Flam]

oh shit it is so on right now.
new zealand is like australia's hotter, smarter sister.

[TurdBerglar]

what's a fly pie? like a pie made of flies? or something else?

[Drederick Tatum]

new zealand is like australia's hotter, smarter sister.

this is true.

turd, there's no such thing as a fly pie really. just that there's loads of flies in Australia cause it's so hot and filthy, and once I did find a fly in a pie I had over there. but I don't think it was cooked with it. I had left it unattended and the little bastard must of flown in and got stuck.

[marsdaddy]

Another brillant wanker?

[hitmonlee]

You think it makes no sense but you've got to keep in mind that to these people Craig and Greg actually rhyme.

lol
"did you say craig or greg?"
"kreg"
*bangs head against wall*

Bangs... WTF do you call them. At least we have a name.

ERB? where did you get that from?

when watching napoleon dynamite, when the dude says the girls "has nice bangs" they all thought he meant breasts. lol. bangs is a terrible name for a fringe.

ahh nothing better than a "my language is better than yours" argument (y)

ps. i dont really care about color/colour but "aluminum" really gets me. can you not READ!!!1!one!

[mikizee]

I guess its just the poorer substitute of 'fuckin'

fuckin good - very good
fuckin well - very well
fuckin hell - fuckin hell

[mikizee]

New Zealand loses becauses they produced Scribe, who is a joke.

He rhymes and talks in an american accent. what a try hard.

The dude can't freestyle. At all.

Whats the lyrics in his latest track? 'My shit is FREEEESSHHHHH'

Nah man. Your shit smells. BAD.

[icy manipulator]

GO FUCK YOURSELF BRIT

[icy manipulator]

buggering/bloody hell = what the fuck

i dont know if it's a good thing or not that i've started referring to an esky as a chilly bin

[beastieangel01]

americans have been "bastardizing the language" since before you jerks that complain about it were born, jesus. stop acting like any of you ever invented a language and get over it

Bob for president.

[Kid Presentable]

New Zealand loses becauses they produced Scribe, who is a joke.

He rhymes and talks in an american accent. what a try hard.

The dude can't freestyle. At all.

Whats the lyrics in his latest track? 'My shit is FREEEESSHHHHH'

Nah man. Your shit smells. BAD.

Agreed, but add Hilltop Hoods and everybody lost

[mikizee]

Agreed, but add Hilltop Hoods and everybody lost

hahha I was wondering when you would show up with that comment :p

[-T-]

when watching napoleon dynamite, when the dude says the girls "has nice
ps. i dont really care about color/colour but "aluminum" really gets me. can you not READ!!!1!one!

http://www.world-aluminum.org/history/language.html

[Bob]

lol
"did you say craig or greg?"
"kreg"
*bangs head against wall*



when watching napoleon dynamite, when the dude says the girls "has nice bangs" they all thought he meant breasts. lol. bangs is a terrible name for a fringe.

ahh nothing better than a "my language is better than yours" argument (y)

ps. i dont really care about color/colour but "aluminum" really gets me. can you not READ!!!1!one!

we prounounce it "kreg", "herb" loses the "h", and aluminum loses the "i" (check a dictionary, both spellings are in most now). that's how things are spelled and pronounced here. stop whining.

[Big Gus]

Me and Bob should totally e-fight it out over the "stones/pounds" thing right now. This thread would get epic.

[Bob]

truthfully i legitimately didn't know that you guys actually still used that as a system of measurement (i'm american, since when do i know things about other cultures), i thought it was just slang or something. if i'd known it was actually an official measurement i probably would have kept my mouth shut (i mean really it's like feet and inches, only for weight, i guess)

but you were such a gigantic dick about it i couldn't possibly apologize at the time

[Big Gus]

I'm feeling like a gigantic dick about "apoligise" ever being associated with the word "apologize" right about now!!!




Not really.... Yeah I was a dick about it. I was spoiling for an internet bitchfight over something silly. Sorry.

[Bob]

it's water over the stones

i mean...it's water under the bridge...but the bridge is made of stone...and it's a stony brook

anyway it's cool is what i'm saying pretty much

[Drederick Tatum]

lol. fags.

[Bob]

we spell it "fagz"

[Drederick Tatum]

loul.

[saz]

eye rack :rolleyes:

[Bob]

eye rack :rolleyes:

seriously. anyone who doesn't prounounce it العراق is a fucking nazi redneck

[roosta]

for all the ironic anti-ironic american's are stupid, no they're not, why don't you invent a language before you diss our use of it, sarcastic, counter-sarcasm american's rule, no they suck, english rhetoric displayed here..

"could care less" is still a stupid fucking thing to say.

[Bob]

i'm sure i could start a thread about stupid things that irish people say but i won't because i'm too tao

[TurdBerglar]

hahaha

[roosta]

i'm sure i could start a thread about stupid things that irish people say but i won't because i'm too tao

:(

[voltanapricot]

I got a chuckle out of looking at the weather channel.com site when it asks you if you want in your temprature in "English" or "Metric". And, while we are on the subject of the American langauge, can somebody explain the expression "bloody" to me?

Bloody good = very good
Bloody well = very well
Bloody hell = very hell?

I don't think it really directly translates into 'very' or indeed anything at all. It's just an expression that seems to be used in all sorts of contexts. Get it you very Yank?

[Bob]

I don't think it really directly translates into 'very' or indeed anything at all. It's just an expression that seems to be used in all sorts of contexts. Get it you very Yank?

forget about it

[voltanapricot]

I don't get it.

[ericlee]

eye rack :rolleyes:

Yeppers, that thurs where them there A- rabs hang out

[BangkokB]

Alex Baldwin "Couldn't Care Less"

And that's good enough for me.

Chalk meet Chalkboard
A. Always
B. Be
C. Couldn't Care Less

[skra75]

I enjoy that phrase "could care less". I use it all the time. But then, I'm sort of a redneck. Fuck all you dandys.

SO LET ME EXPLAIN
By saying this (could care less) I'm saying I could care (an even larger amount of) less (than the subject of the remark)(but I don't, because I don't care in the first place).

Right? Sound right people.

Why am I trying to explain myself to someone who probably speaks in a monotonic drone, without any inflection at all to denote anger, pleasure, sleepyness, elation, whatever.... Have any of you ever watched a British Girl in an intimate love scene? My god it's awkward becausetheytalkinthisdroneandyoucannottellwhenthey areenjoyingthemselvesortheyarejustboredoutoftheirs kulls. I had to straightup turn a movie off once because it was so annoying. It was one of those ones I paid for at the Hotel too. :( I guess the chicks being frog ugly didn't help either.

NZ chicks are a smidge hotter though, but quite a few of them have Man Jaws. Man Jaws.

[BangkokB]

I've researched Rule #34 and have never seen a New Zealander

The Japanese have the NZ beat hands down at Rule #34--Take that you thinned skinned NZ'ers

[Dorothy Wood]

"I could care less" doesn't make sense no matter how anyone tries to rationalize it.

it's just a mistake that got picked up and spread around like herpes.

sort of like, "I should of bought a larger sack of dildos". when it should be, "I should HAVE bought a larger sack of dildos".


also, with the "h" thing in "herb", pretty much anyone in america on national t.v. or the radio drops the "h" in ALL words that begin with "h". it's like the official way that media decided to say things. I think it's kind of annoying actually.

'erpes


what I don't get is when british people add an "r" at the end of names or things that end with "a". from "madonna" to "madonner". I do no get that. come over to mine and we'll have a chat about it in front of the telly with a couple of fags. Not too late though, I have to study for my maths exam.

[Bob]

how is "honesty" pronounced in british?

[hpdrifter]

ha-nesty?

[Freebasser]

how is "honesty" pronounced in british?

About 50 different ways.

I pronunce it "on-ust-eh".

Also, I pronounce the word bob as "bob".

[Bob]

About 50 different ways.

I pronunce it "on-ust-eh".

Also, I pronounce the word bob as "bob".

the "o" is silent you uncultured fuck!

[Freebasser]

Sorry, Bb :(

[Bob]

it's actually pronounced "brixton"

[Drederick Tatum]

NZ chicks are a smidge hotter though, but quite a few of them have Man Jaws. Man Jaws.

yeah, it's true. most of our natural beauty was used up on the landscape. there are a couple of nice ones about, but the ratio is poor. thankfully I have my German.

[avignon]

"Flatmate" sounds so perverse. In fact calling your friends "mates" is very telling. I mean, I for one don't mate with my friends. And "snogging" sounds incredibly painful.
But not to worry! I am taking a trip to Europe soon, and when I get there I fully intend to round up all of the natives and move them onto reservations and force them to speak Cheyenne. Problem solved.

[Bjork]

I blame Tupac.

[Bob]

lol i made funny posts on this page

[Dorothy Wood]

ha, me too, high five!

[Gareth]

american legal paper seems to be shorter and wider than regular A4...is this correct?
anyway, whatever you guys use, it annoys me cos i like files to be nice and clean...which means all paper should be the same size.

[rirv]

yeah, it's true. most of our natural beauty was used up on the landscape. there are a couple of nice ones about, but the ratio is poor. thankfully I have my German.

They all remind me of farmer's daughters.

[beastieangel01]

at this point via the public school system and the like, I imagine most Americans don't even realize (ha) they are 'butchering' the language.

Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do. :p

[instigator7022]

if language didn't evolve we'd all still be speaking this crap.

http://www.oldenglishtranslator.co.uk/