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  1. 1 hour ago, Colemanballs said:

    Sorry, I was distracted by De Ronde van Vlaanderen on Sunday and was too hungover yesterday to respond.

    I am not American and hadn't noticed that it was in the American section. How careless of me. Nevertheless, this is not a question of British English versus American English. The oldest meaning of "disinterested" is that which you ascribe to "uninterested" (See Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989), “disinterested,”) and is still a perfectly valid meaning of the word, albeit frowned upon by the verbally discriminating. Given that there was no ambiguity (cf. "the barrister is disinterested in the proceedings.") I really don't see your issue with the original poster's usage, particularly on a football forum containing far more heinous grammatical faux pas.

    We are football fans, not interested in this sort of rubbish.. grow a pair and stop your petty rubbish 

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