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Comment Re:Language barrier (Score 1) 948

Saying that one could care less is influenced by Yiddish, in which there is sarcasm abound. Of course it doesn't make sense in the literal interpretation, but the use of human language assumes a human notion of deviating beyond that which is literal and employing such linguistic constructs as figures of speech, sarcasm, irony, wit in general, et cetera.

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