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to: Phil Payne
from: Gene McAloon
date: 2004-07-02 11:27:04
subject: Re: Michael Moore to start Saddam Defense Fund

From: Gene McAloon 

On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:59:55 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>> > With the greatest respect, it ain't got fuck all to do with you.
>>
>> I'm not an expert on Brit slang, but isn't that a double negative (IOW,
>> it's got fuck-all to do with you)?
>
>True, but that's how it's said.
>
>Check out the UK-US difference:  "I couldn't care less"
versus "I could
>care less".  The US one makes no sense.

And neither does you calling it the American usage. That usage is common
only among those who border on the illiterate. Or perhaps I should say it
is common only among those better at writing code than writing English.

>
>I said some years ago - and it's even truer now - that I can now speak
>American and do so with visitors.

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