[Towertalk] Jim, good catch!

[Chris BONDE]

I looked in my small dictionaries and could not find it.  That is the 
Concise Oxford (UK), New Webster (US) and Gage (CA)

Chris opr VE7HCB



At 08:48 PM 2002-07-15 +0000, Eddy Avila wrote:
>This what the Good Book (Dictionary) sez:
>
>ir·re·gard·less (r-gärdls)
>adv. Nonstandard
>Regardless.
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>[Probably blend of irrespective, and regardless.]
>Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be 
>correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in 
>nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the 
>early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being 
>an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical 
>absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a 
>single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different 
>from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been 
>considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
>
>
>
>>From: "Jim Reid" <jimr.reid@verizon.net>
>>
>>
>> > was the uniquest of the unique, irregardless of others not...
>> >
>> > English is not yet a dead language but assaults such as this
>> > are killing it by degree.
>>
>>Tim,  Is "irregardless" a real word in the English language?
>>
>>73,  Jim  KH7M
>
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