IRREGARDLESS

Derek Maciel ishidableach at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 20:22:19 UTC 2010


Exactly. I don't know why people mix "regardless" and "irregardless"
up, but it's like saying "I'm ununhappy."

On 14 September 2010 08:32, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 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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