% is not an operator [was Re: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax]

[Grant Edwards]

On 2011-12-16, Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Eelco wrote:
>> the actual english usage of the phrase, which omits
>> the negation completely :). (I could care less)
>
> No, that's the American usage.

That's the _ignorant_ American usage.  Americans with a clue use the
"couldn't" version.  I won't comment on the relative sizes of the two
groups.

> The English usage is "I couldn't care less", which has the advantage
> of actually making sense.

Indeed.

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