Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:01:54 EDT

From: Terry Lynn Irons t.irons[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSUACAD.MOREHEAD-ST.EDU

Subject: Don't Care To



"Don't care to" has a sense or meaning in Eastern Kentucky that

has driven me crazy. Last year I asked a student if he would do

some typing for me, and he replied, "I don't care to." And I

replied back that I needed him to do it today and inquired if he

was going to do it. He said again, "I don't care to." I finally

said something like, "Well, I don't care if you care to or not, do it

anyway." I have sense realized that the use of the phrase in this

region, probably reaching into Tennessee, has the meaning that the

person will do something. The meaning, I guess, is that not caring

to means a person has no objections (cares) to something and hence

will do it.



Sincerely,

Terry

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