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

[Roy Smith]

In article 
<2420abd7-7d91-4bc9-bb3b-d8ec1680ed0c at u32g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
 Eelco <hoogendoorn.eelco at gmail.com> wrote:

> And yes, I agree; 'I couldnt care less' makes much more sense. 'I
> could care less' can only make sense if you interpret it
> sarcastically, as if omitting an 'oh wait, I cant', but that does not
> seem congruent with how its typically pronounced. 

"I care so little about the subject that I am unwilling to spend one of 
my precious apostrophes to properly express the sentiment"