2006-06-13 13:27:24 · 16 answers · asked by never2late68 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
People that say 'same difference' should be ignored.
2006-06-13 13:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by sean1201 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here's an example : 9-6=3 and yet 15-12=3 Same difference!
2006-06-13 20:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by Taffi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Same difference' is an idiomatic expression that says that the two things just discussed actually have no difference. The difference between them is the same because there is no difference. It sounds stupid, I know, but a lot of phrases like that do.
Remember that some expressions don't carry meaning literally. Everyone knows what the phrase means even if the phrase doesn't really make sense. Like, "He was sweating like a pig." Well, pigs don't sweat. Or, "Blind as a bat." Actually, bats see better than most mammals. We know what people mean, even if the idioms themselves are nonsense.
2006-06-13 20:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by yt_eisig 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes idioms get twisted around a little. I laugh when people say "I could care less". I think what they mean is "I could not care less" meaning that the thing is the least important. Saying they could care less means that other things are less important. Of course in Thailand the big buzz words are "Same same but different".
2006-06-13 21:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by Maliia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For hundreds of years people have butchered and misunderstood their languages. Same difference DOES NOT MEAN same thing...it means that two or more things have the same differences (not white, not skinny...) But just because you have the same differences does not mean it's the same thing.
2006-06-13 20:37:14 · answer #5 · answered by sweetgcandi85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They really mean same differences. It's like saying something is the same thing. If something is the same thing it has the same differences as thye thing you are comparing it to.
2006-06-13 20:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by Homeless in Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's something like no matter what you do the outcome will be the same. This reminds me of one of my mom's expressions - six of one and a half dozen of another.
2006-06-13 20:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by Patience 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a jokey, deliberately illogical slang expression that doesn’t belong in formal writing. It's usage is common in American culture.
2006-06-13 20:41:27 · answer #8 · answered by maynerdswife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called an oxymoron, a contradictory phrase.
2006-06-13 20:32:09 · answer #9 · answered by tehdeciever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they really mean that its the same thing, or no difference, and someone confused the two ( probably a Bushism)
so that it makes not sense!
2006-06-13 20:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by bonbon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋