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To: Ian@SI who wrote (15219)	1/11/2005 10:03:25 PM
From: former_pgs	Respond to of 52153

>Irregardless is now in the dictionary.< It is??? I swear I didn't know that... I was just using it to have some fun ;-)

To: Ian@SI who wrote (15219)	1/12/2005 9:27:01 AM
From: Edscharp	Respond to of 52153

"Irregardless" is not regarded as a proper word even if it is used casually by many. Below is from Dictionary.com ir·re·gard·less Pronunciation Key (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.