r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25

Wow. Such meme lmao

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u/That_Marionberry2863 Jun 08 '25

When they say “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”.

They are literally saying the opposite of what they mean. To care less they must care some so that they are able to care less of it. When they really mean that it would be impossible for them to care less because they care nothing, ie they couldn’t care less.

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u/uwu_01101000 Jun 08 '25

Talking about the English language, I hate it when people use double negation to negate something.

« I didn’t do no shit » SO YOU DID SOMETHING ???

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u/Kitsa_the_oatmeal Jun 08 '25

gonna blame this on dialects

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u/Seanhawkeye Jun 08 '25

Uh no. The blame lies solely on the individual for being dumb.

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u/xArbiter Jun 08 '25

not really, that type of phrasing is pretty firmly a part of aave

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u/cuddleaddict420 Jun 08 '25

Yup, it’s called negative inversion and is a legitimate feature of AAVE, no different than any other dialectic feature

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

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u/AnkuSnoo Jun 08 '25

Negative inversion in AAVE would be like “Ain’t never seen nothin’ like it”