It has been in misuse for a century, and mostly by the media, and almost never in print. But I digresstitate. hehe.
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:296900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
