Of course in Scotland we have the joy of a double positive - "Aye, Right..." which would be agreeing somewhat sardonically to a "No"....!
Scott Haneda wrote: > On Dec 9, 2009, at 12:01 PM, "Hill, Brett" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> That's it, were officially at war :) >>> Sorry, had to say it, I use it all the time to piss people >>> off. It's kinda funny. >>> >> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless >> >> I suppose it's "nonstandard" to say it, but I was using it to provide >> emphasis (which according to dictionary.com/Random House says is >> ok...because I'm an educated speaker from the South :-)). >> > > It is indeed becoming one of those words that just gets used and > accepted. Sort of like "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less". > > Funny, now that you mention it, most people I know who use it, are > indeed from the south, they just moved to the West. > > I'll counter your URL reference with one of my own favorites: > http://i.word.com/idictionary/Bling > > For those wondering what the heck we are bantering on about : > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless > > I think it's the double negative that I can't not wrap my head > around. :) > > Take care. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return on Information: Google Enterprise Search pays you back Get the facts. http://p.sf.net/sfu/google-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
