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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 00:15:43 +0100
From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
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On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 14:56:27, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:55:00 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
><G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
>
>>>On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 22:35:33, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>[]
>>>>It is the apps the customer cares about.  They could
>>
>>couldn't
>>
>>>>care less if they were run int Flying Zucchini OS, if
>>>>it ran their apps.
>>[]
>>I know "could care less" is the US version of this expression, but it's
>>inaccurate. Think about it: if you could care less, that implies that
>>you do care a little - which is not what you mean; you actually mean
>>"couldn't care less".
>
>Please don't attribute that mangled expression to all of us over here. :)
>
Very sorry! Glad it's not universal in US. But I haven't seen it at all 
used in UK.
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I hope you dream a pig.