Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!urban From: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Semantic Reversals Message-ID: <457@spp2.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 12:43:34 EST Article-I.D.: spp2.457 Posted: Mon Mar 4 12:43:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 10:39:13 EST Reply-To: urban@spp2.UUCP (Mike Urban) Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 14 Summary: Another reversal found in common use: "I could care less" to mean "I couldn't care less" Probably derives from an ironic use. -- Mike Urban {ucbvax|decvax}!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!urban "You're in a maze of twisty UUCP connections, all alike"