# It don't make me no nevermind **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872 "2007-02-05T02:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/1 "2007-02-05T02:27:46Z")
Today I have begun to wonder how the colloquialism “It don’t make me no nevermind” came to exist. The best guess I can make is that it started out as “It don’t make me no… oh never mind.” I.e. the first sentence breaks off before being completed by the word “difference.” Then later this pair of expressions came to be thought of as a single sentence. Well, that’s my guess. But do we have a straightened out mess of dope available to us on the question? -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/2 "2007-02-05T02:54:31Z")
I always figured it was “nevermind” as in “a thing I wouldn’t give a damn about”. As in, I don’t give a damn one way or another. Figured it was a Southernism. ---
**Author:** ![Raven\_Madd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Raven\_Madd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raven_Madd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/3 "2015-09-16T03:46:33Z")
“It don’t make me” in starting to say “It don’t make me because I do what I feel like. Don’t nobody tell me what to do.” Then saying “No, nevermind” in realizing that choice is an illusion in a deterministic reality and control was just a farce. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/4 "2015-09-16T03:48:43Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I always figured it was “nevermind” as in “a thing I wouldn’t give a damn about”. As in, I don’t give a damn one way or another. Figured it was a Southernism. Not that I think about the phrase often; but when I have, this was my evaluation. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/5 "2015-09-16T14:19:18Z")
Wtf? I hate this OP. It is nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/6 "2015-09-16T14:24:07Z")
Just a hunch: Instead of saying “It don’t make no difference…” one just substitutes “nevermind” for “difference.” That’s how I always read/heard it. (Southerner, if that matters.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/7 "2015-09-16T14:26:23Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Just a hunch: Instead of saying “It don’t make no difference…” one just substitutes “nevermind” for “difference.” That’s how I always read/heard it. (Southerner, if that matters.) I’m siding with the native speaker here. Nice that we have someone who can translate for the rest of us! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/8 "2015-09-16T14:31:44Z")
Southerner here - not sure of its origins but it just means “I don’t care about that”. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/9 "2015-09-16T14:33:43Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Wtf? I hate this OP. It is nonsense. [Moderator Note] This is the first time I’ve seen someone threadshit on their own thread, even if it is a zombie.😃 This is mostly to remind posters that this thread was started in 2007. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/10 "2015-09-16T15:36:58Z")
That was pretty good Frylock. It reminds me of Muad’Dib and his burrito problem. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/11 "2015-09-16T16:55:48Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > Southerner here - not sure of its origins but it just means “I don’t care about that”. Yeah, we know what it means. The question in the thread is the origin of the phrase-- why those particular words. Personally, I think it’s a wonderful expression. One of those things that makes perfect sense if you just let it go and don’t over-analyze it. Reminds me of one of my favorite song lyrics: _Is you is or Is you ain’t my baby?_ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/12 "2015-09-16T17:17:26Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Yeah, we know what it means. The question in the thread is the origin of the phrase-- why those particular words. > > Personally, I think it’s a wonderful expression. One of those things that makes perfect sense if you just let it go and don’t over-analyze it. > > Reminds me of one of my favorite song lyrics: > > _Is you is or > Is you ain’t my baby?_ This may not be what your looking for as a definitive first-of-its-kind reference, but [John S. Cody “It Don’t Make No Never Mind” (To Me No How) …](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7M23egmeic) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/13 "2015-09-16T18:29:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > This may not be what your looking for as a definitive first-of-its-kind reference, but [John S. Cody “It Don’t Make No Never Mind” (To Me No How) …](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7M23egmeic) Well, that’s interesting because I was going to say that I usually heard it as “it don’t make no nevermind to me”, instead of the way the OP phrased it, but then I thought: I’m a damn Yankee, so what the hell do I know about Southern speech! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/14 "2015-09-16T19:21:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Well, that’s interesting because I was going to say that I usually heard it as “it don’t make no nevermind to me”, instead of the way the OP phrased it, but then I thought: I’m a damn Yankee, so what the hell do I know about Southern speech! Bless your heart! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/15 "2015-09-17T11:23:44Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That was pretty good Frylock. It reminds me of Muad’Dib and his burrito problem. I had not heard of this before but having done the requisite searching I am duly amused. Did he ever come around to seeing that his question was no good? (I noticed, btw, that he posted regularly til 2008, then after that there is just one post, in 2014, consisting only of three periods. Mysterious!) ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-dont-make-me-no-nevermind/390872/16 "2015-09-17T12:53:56Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That was pretty good Frylock. It reminds me of Muad’Dib and his burrito problem. > [@Frylock](#): > > I had not heard of this before but having done the requisite searching I am duly amused. > > Did he ever come around to seeing that his question was no good? > > (I noticed, btw, that he posted regularly til 2008, then after that there is just one post, in 2014, consisting only of three periods. Mysterious!) I never got a long way into the works of Frank Herbert: found them not my personal cup of tea. **Anaamika** , on initially reading your post, I was envisaging some burrito-related issue in the “Dune” books, and wondering whether I had read about it, but forgotten; or hadn’t penetrated that far into the books. I then saw **Frylock** ’s response to you, and the penny dropped: **Muad’Dib** the username of a one-time poster on the Dope, who I didn’t seem hitherto to have come across. “Search” feature duly employed: I didn’t find his burrito stuff, but was treated to much else, in great variety. Strange fellow…