The collapse in understanding of "sayings" in English

[NuclearBrainReturns]

Something I've noticed is people seem to have changed or forgotten what certain sayings are actually supposed to mean or be said. For example:

"I could care less" is something people say nowadays. Whereas the original saying was "I couldn't care less".
Saying you Could care less means that you care somewhat and could lower it, when the person originally meant they don't give a shit aka "couldn't care less". This is an especially wide spread one.

"You have your work cut out for you" hasnt changed word for word but the meaning is confusing even for someone who is a 1st language English speaker. I would have thought that saying was a good thing since the work you need to do has already been taken out, but actually it means you have a lot to do. I wonder if that saying originally meant something positive and then over time changed to mean something negative.

 

[Kozner]

"I could care less" is something people say nowadays. Whereas the original saying was "I couldn't care less".

I could care less honestly.

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]

I could care less honestly.

So you somewhat care?

 

[Kozner]

So you somewhat care?

No. who's that?

 

[Deleted member 17026]

Another example is on this very forum, the "blackpill"

People on this forum say "When did you discover the blackpill" and sometimes say "How did the blackpill change your life".

They also say "the blackpill was never a secret" and that "normies are blackpilled".

Which one is it? Even this forum can't keep shit straight.

 

[Deleted member 17026]

Also your last avi was better.

 

[AsGoodAsItGets]

Something I've noticed is people seem to have changed or forgotten what certain sayings are actually supposed to mean or be said. For example:

"I could care less" is something people say nowadays. Whereas the original saying was "I couldn't care less".
Saying you Could care less means that you care somewhat and could lower it, when the person originally meant they don't give a shit aka "couldn't care less". This is an especially wide spread one.

"You have your work cut out for you" hasnt changed word for word but the meaning is confusing even for someone who is a 1st language English speaker. I would have thought that saying was a good thing since the work you need to do has already been taken out, but actually it means you have a lot to do. I wonder if that saying originally meant something positive and then over time changed to mean something negative.

"Could of" wtfff???

 

[Deleted member 14693]

jfl this is a natural language progression it happens with every language

 

[Danish_Retard]

As a non native speaker these are confusing as fuck. I never understood when someone said they could care less but clearly meant the opposite. I think it's because Americans are extremely retarded subhumans so they poison the english language.

 

[Deleted member 15827]

Who cares just fap

 

[6ft4]

"I could care less" really gets under my skin
Another thing that pisses me of is people who say "Would you like to come or no?"
It is and always should be "Would you like to come or not?"
You don't reply with "I would no like to come" you say "I would not like to come"
Hence why the fucking question should contain the word "not"

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]

"Could of" wtfff???

Damn, its like that scene from Mitchel and webb

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]

jfl this is a natural language progression it happens with every language

eh idk. Natural progression of language becomes more efficient. It doesn't mean terminologies completely change meaning from a positive to a negative but mean a positive.
They took longer to say things and added more words. Even if you look at Victorian English it is very very different to how we speak now. That is a natural progression of efficiency and taking less time to say the same thing. This excerpt from a PDF book is a good example of victorian english. You don't need to care about the subject matter just read a few sentences and you will see what I mean.

 

[Aladin]

As a non native speaker these are confusing as fuck. I never understood when someone said they could care less but clearly meant the opposite. I think it's because Americans are extremely retarded subhumans so they poison the english language.

The words “pedophile” and “grooming” are misused.