Re: documentary on salinger?

That's very reassuring :)

Jim

m e g h a n wrote:

> Well, when I usually use the phrase, I actually mean that I couldn't care at
> all. However, concerning this documentary, I actually do a care a little
> bit, meaning my use of the phrase "I could care less" was correct ;)
>
> >From: Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
> >Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >Subject: Re: documentary on salinger?
> >Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 22:12:47 -0500
> >
> >I've always wondered if that phrase really worked:
> >
> >"I could care less."
> >
> >I know that's how people use it. But it just doesn't make sense to me.
> >It sounds like it is, indeed, possible for you to care less, meaning
> >that you still do care a little bit, if only a very little bit. It's
> >like saying, I could hate it more. It means you don't hate something as
> >much as you possibly could.
> >
> >Now, if you were to say, I couldn't care less -- now that would be
> >saying something. It's simply not possible to care less in this case.
> >It would mean that you care for this as little as it is possible to care
> >for it. You care for it to the point of not caring at all -- utterly.
> >
> >Now this is a more sensible expression of contempt.
> >
> >The real question now is, could you or could you not care less? :)
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >m e g h a n wrote:
> >
> > > Never even heard of it, but for $150, I could care less.
> > >
> > > >From: Kim Johnson <haikux2@yahoo.com>
> > > >Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> > > >To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> > > >Subject: documentary on salinger?
> > > >Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:51:18 -0800 (PST)
> > > >
> > > >J. D. Salinger Doesn?t Want to Talk
> > > >
> > > >Setting out in search of the elusive 80-year-old icon,
> > > >this outstanding program brings together a large group
> > > >of intimates?many speaking publicly for the first
> > > >time. (50 min.)
> > > >List Price: $149.95
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >this is offered by 'Films for the Humanities and
> > > >Sciences'.
> > > >anyone know anything about this? seen it?
> > > >
> > > >--kim
> > > >
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