IRREGARDLESS
Chris G
cl at isbd.net
Tue Sep 14 12:32:26 UTC 2010
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 06:27:52AM -0500, Steven Susbauer wrote:
> terry l wrote:
> > there is no such word!
> >
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless
>
> "The most frequently repeated remark about it is that 'there is no such
> word.' There is such a word, however."
>
> It's in Oxford too. Much like "ain't" people like to moan about it even
> though they know the meaning.
>
The problem is rather that it doesn't mean anything other than
regardless so why bother with those two extra letters? :-)
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Chris Green
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