Regardless, I stand by my original comment. :) On Thursday, March 29, 2012, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:00:56AM -0400, Kjell Wooding wrote: > > There's nothing *technically* wrong with "irrespective," but it is a tad > > awkward when compared with "regardless." > > > > there's nothing *at all* wrong with "irrespective". you obviously just > don;t like it (if we don;t use words or phrases, they often sound odd, > or just plain wrong). but that's no reason to ask someone to change it. > > having said that, there is a huge bias towards "regardless" in the man > pages, and relatively few instances of "irrespective". perhaps it is no > longer fashionable. > > > "irregardless" is a hangable offense. > > > > aww! but it's so cute! > > jmc
