Discussion Forum—A Way with Words, a fun radio show and podcast about language

Haha, I'm always stunned when people say they "could care less" when they clearly mean the opposite. Really, that one seems like such a no-brainer.

martha said:

LOL!!!!!!

EF, that's great. And darn, this is one of those things that makes me wish we were a TV or video program, not just audio. I'd love to show that off during an episode.

(Of course, there are plenty of things that make me glad we ARE audio only, bad hair and bad face days being first among them.)

Think about the wonderful Radiolab broad/podcasts, and their ability to use sound in a wonderfully illustrative fashion. This one should be easy: use the natural range of pitch of your voices to illustrate. Grant is the bass zero level of "I don't care at all". Martha hits the frothy heights of "I care". The puzzle guys provide the intermediate levels, with Greg P doing the glissando of "I couldn't care less until he matches the tone of Grant.