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It most definitely is a word irregardless of your feelings about it https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict
by exegete 5y ago
It most definitely is a word irregardless of your feelings about it https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- dTal 5y agoFine. It's not a [standard, generally accepted] word. Feel free to disregard my advice, though; it's no skin off my nose if you don't want to sound like a "native, educated speaker".
- xtracto 5y agoWhat do you mean generally accepted word? A word is or is not a word . Dont get butthurt because you were pointed wrong after trying to correct someone.
- dTal 5y agoSheesh. No good deed goes unpunished, eh? From the link: >We label irregardless as “nonstandard” rather than “slang.” When a word is nonstandard it means it is “not conforming in pronunciation, grammatical construction, idiom, or word choice to the usage generally characteristic of educated native speakers of a language.” Irregardless is a long way from winning general acceptance as a standard English word. For that reason, it is best to use regardless instead. Like I said - I really don't care what you do. I'm just trying to be helpful. Use "irregardless" and people will judge you. If you want to die on that hill, be my guest.
- maximus-decimus 5y agoSomebody might say you could care less.
- Sargos 5y ago>No good deed goes unpunished, eh? The problem is that you think trying to sound smart by interrupting a conversation with irrelevant factoids is a "good deed". Maybe some introspection is appropriate here.
- NikolaeVarius 5y ago
- pessimizer 5y ago> No one cares about what you think. 1) It's weird to say this about someone you've never met, of course somebody cares about what they think, and 2) of course you care, which is why you're posting.
- NikolaeVarius 5y ago
- DangitBobby 5y agoYou've clearly struck a nerve.
- dTal 5y agoRight? If only I could attract such controversy on purpose.
- pessimizer 5y agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LOL https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LOL A word is a thing people say. If you say irregardless to somebody you're trying to impress, you will fail to.
- zkldi 5y agoNative, educated speaker here: Nobody cares and everybody understood what they meant.
- InGoodFaith 5y agoI always appreciate grammatical corrections, and I know non-native speakers that do too. A friendly correction of a non-standard word does not deserve derision.
- joeberon 5y ago