Quick Question for Americans

[blamebrampton]

I have a usage question, fingers crossed there are a couple of people ambling by who can answer it.

I know that the use of 'I could care less' for 'I couldn't care less' is regional in the US (it's confusing to the rest of us, but once you know it exists and isn't an ironic turning of the phrase, it's easily understood, so no wuckers (as about 11 Australians still say).)

HOWEVER, I see an enormous amount of 'That's such a cliché ending,' but I don't know whether that's US standard, like aluminum*, or US regional like could care less.

Help!


* I'd say it was all Noah Webster's fault, which it pretty much is, but Humphry Davy started the whole palaver. I read an hilarious blog about ten years ago with a British scientist ranting about the fact that the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry's ruling in favour of aluminium was broadly ignored in the US. 'Fine!' he wrote. 'In that case, Sulphur! SULPHUR! Phuck you all!'

Comments

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

Yes butt...the French, I mean the real liff people peopling the country presently run (by bicycle) on that name and so on will say things like c'est pas terrible' which is a wild form of negation because it's gone all the way from first negating what it was meaning (terrible as in terrible) to becoming it's opposite as in marblellous and then, now as I sit here, I will use it to explain how something really isn't that great meaning not terrible either but closing in only to land in a big heap of bodies, bicycles (that did not keep Inside their proper lane I here refer to your very own Eurovision reporting and the Tour de France at the same time) and energy drinks for douchebags because I felt this urgent, irritating need to say. As if I ever would. Anyway I love sports on TV what with my sportswomanship attitude not that surprising even if pas terrible at those I indulge in like 'walking, walking' as in that song by Flash&the Pun, you know. I can't decide on suitable icon but think I'll go with this one, now!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

HEE! TDF and Eurovision would make THE BEST CROSSOVER EVER!

Superb icon, and let us not speak of French: I recently downloaded an app to go over basic grammar, only to learn that I remember none. Alas!

[karinmollberg.livejournal.com]

It's an idea. On le 14 Juillet! Just do it, Aussy...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet!

I was searching desperately for a moi aussi joke, but it is far too late here.