It has been in use for a century. I think that makes it a word :P But I fall into the descriptivist camp, not the proscriptivist camp, others mileage may vary.
For now, I'll just stick with the Simpsons again and use "unregardless". On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > However, the use of the word (which in fact isn't a word) "irregardless" > actually expresses the opposite of your intent. Irregardless would indicate > that there _is_ regard, whereas you were trying to express a lack of regard. > I know it's a fairly common misuse of the word regardless, but it's just bad > bad bad. I can't not be bothered by it. *wink* > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296899 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
