(OT) Common Sabrespace Typos and Poor Grammar That Drive You Mad

[inkman]

I’ll go to my grave with this dumbass washed nonsense. I don’t know who or when they dropped the “up” in “washed up” but I hate it.  

[SwampD]

1 hour ago, Doohicksie said:

No, just the sound of it.  Adding the "n't" to could softens the sound of the word.  Could care less is stark and to the point.  Couldn't care less seems contemplative and wishy-washy to me.

You have said this before. You were wrong then, as well.

[JujuFish]

3 hours ago, Doohicksie said:

I could care less what you think.

I might have posted this before:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

[Doohicksie]

Y'all can be as mad as you want at "could care less" but here's the thing:  Whether someone says "could care less" or "couldn't care less", it communicates the same exact thing and everyone knows it.  Idioms work that way; they're not necessarily literally true or correct, but they effectively communicate an idea.

So... I can't be bothered much with how someone says it.

[ska-T Palmtown]

1 hour ago, Doohicksie said:

Y'all can be as mad as you want at "could care less" but here's the thing:  Whether someone says "could care less" or "couldn't care less", it communicates the same exact thing and everyone knows it.  Idioms work that way; they're not necessarily literally true or correct, but they effectively communicate an idea.

So... I can't be bothered much with how someone says it.

My gears are already ground - no going back now! You take your reasonable arguments and hit the road, jack.

[JP51]

Eye rilly dun hav a perblem wit anyofit persunally... may be thats jus mee....  lOl 

[Thorner]

5 hours ago, Doohicksie said:

No, just the sound of it.  Adding the "n't" to could softens the sound of the word.  Could care less is stark and to the point.  Couldn't care less seems contemplative and wishy-washy to me.

It’s the opposite 

[Doohicksie]

4 minutes ago, ska-T Palmtown said:

My gears are already ground - no going back now! You take your reasonable arguments and hit the road, jack.

 

In my younger days I got all bent out of shape for people using the word insure when they actually meant ensure.  I looked it up and they were not, in fact, interchangeable.  When I finally confronted someone about it, I grabbed a dictionary to show the guy his error and in this one, one of the meanings for insure was, in fact, to ensure something.  That's when I gave up and realized that grammar is descriptive (based on how words are actually used) and not prescriptive (based on how they should be used).

4 minutes ago, Thorner said:

It’s the opposite 

You mean the two phrases have opposite meaning?  When either one is used, the intent is the same.  All the time.  They both mean "don't care."

[Thorner]

1 minute ago, Doohicksie said:

 

In my younger days I got all bent out of shape for people using the word insure when they actually meant ensure.  I looked it up and they were not, in fact, interchangeable.  When I finally confronted someone about it, I grabbed a dictionary to show the guy his error and in this one, one of the meanings for insure was, in fact, to ensure something.  That's when I gave up and realized that grammar is descriptive (based on how words are actually used) and not prescriptive (based on how they should be used).

You mean the two phrases have opposite meaning?  When either one is used, the intent is the same.  All the time.  They both mean "don't care."

No I mean I found your explanation to be backwards. “Could care less” is far more speculative because you have to infer the sarcasm you are referring to

”I couldn’t care less” is a direct statement 

[Dreams Burn Down]

Whoelse begun that thred nedds there hed ecsamind, 

[Stoner]

It's and its.

[Doohicksie]

32 minutes ago, Stoner said:

It's and its.

It all depends on what the definition of it's.

[Ducky]

was/were 

I tell people "Johnny Cash didn't sing If I Was a Carpenter".

Pink Floyd didn't sing "Wish You Was Here".

[ska-T Palmtown]

6 hours ago, inkman said:

I’ll go to my grave with this dumbass washed nonsense. I don’t know who or when they dropped the “up” in “washed up” but I hate it.  

I actually like the other term is spawned, when trash talking an opponent you can inform them they are about to get "rinsed" - just tickles my funny bone.