"could care less" instead of "i couldn't care less" when they are talking about somthing they don't care about has anyone else ever noticed this also people say suposably
2006-07-08 16:24:38 · 12 answers · asked by raul b 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
also the same people say your instead of you're
2006-07-08 16:26:54 · update #1
Well...most people *pronounce* your and you're the same; I assume you mean in writing for that one. But, yes, "I could care less" and "supposably" are really annoying!!
2006-07-08 21:26:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have noticed this also. I believe it could be 2 things. One, they are lazy and they just use the shorter less gramatically correct form like you said. Secondly, I believe that they say it because they have never been taught the correct way of saying things. I have noticed that the older people get the less they remember about grammer. Have you ever noticed that people think they have to use an apostrophe to make something plural? For example, skate's rather than skates?
2006-07-08 23:35:39 · answer #2 · answered by powder_blue_tang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you're and your are said the same, so I never noticed people saying them different, but yes I did notice that they type them the wrong way
As far as the "could care less" thing, I am sorry I never heard people say that where I live
2006-07-08 23:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people say "could care less" just because it involves fewer words; it's almost like verbal shorthand.
Use of the word "suposably" is just ignorant.
2006-07-08 23:31:01 · answer #4 · answered by baileybc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I must admit that I messed up several times on the first example, really I should be saying "I couldn't care less", meaning that nothing you say or do could make me care any lesser.
2. It's SUPPOSEDLY.
3. Y-O-U-R = YOUR. Y-O-U-'-R-E = You are!
2006-07-08 23:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by Chreap 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are right about that one. i don't know why? it makes no sense to me.
and i don't understand suposably.
also, have you ever heard people say 'pacifically" instead of specifically? my best mate does-she is an english teacher
2006-07-08 23:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by itsjustmecc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wonder the same thing! i asked, but the person said they didn't know either
2006-07-08 23:27:51 · answer #7 · answered by asdfgh. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are idiots...
And "Supposably" actually is a word.
2006-07-08 23:28:55 · answer #8 · answered by ensnentill 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe, i think is someone says your, you couldnt determine if it was you're or your. you could only tell if they were typing.
2006-07-08 23:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they also say "there" instead of "their". i think it's mostly because they failed english class.
2006-07-08 23:29:43 · answer #10 · answered by meatball822 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋