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Irregardless is recognized by some dictionaries as a non-standard word. The nice way of saying its in common use, but isn't really a word�. I've had this argument before--it's a legitimate word! Sheesh, Casey OK, but what is it supposed to mean????????????? Regardless! Irregardless just has a useless extra syllable I suppose. Enough to confuse folks though.... Casey
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
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Irregardless is recognized by some dictionaries as a non-standard word. The nice way of saying its in common use, but isn't really a word�. I've had this argument before--it's a legitimate word! Sheesh, Casey OK, but what is it supposed to mean????????????? Regardless! Irregardless just has a useless extra syllable I suppose. Enough to confuse folks though.... Casey Amazing! It's a well established convention in the English language that adding a prefix of 'ir' changes a word to it's opposite meaning. Now - apparently - some dictionary says that 'irregardless' means the same as 'regardless'. The implications are mind-boggling. By the same token, can we now take it, for example, that 'irregular' means the same as 'regular', and 'irreversible' means the same as 'reversible'? If this sort of butchering of English continues long enough it will become impossible to understand what the writer/speaker actually means!
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Steve, I really appreciate it,.... but are you alright?
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Irregardless is recognized by some dictionaries as a non-standard word. The nice way of saying its in common use, but isn't really a word�. I've had this argument before--it's a legitimate word! Sheesh, Casey It can't be! I looked it up on the innaweb, and they can't put it on the net if its not true!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Steve, I really appreciate it,.... but are you alright? I'm just fine. I kept hearing voices earlier, but realized I had an amateur radio net on in the background. Someone reported having an injured squirrel in their possession, but could not reach the animal control people. They were looking for advice. I offered to take it because I hadn't eaten supper. Oddly, the net went quiet. I suspect they were speechless, drooling at the thought of how delicious breaded squirrels taste, spiced up and rolled in crushed crackers. I had four in the freezer, but honestly, four is not enough.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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OK, but what is it supposed to mean?????????????
Regardless! Irregardless just has a useless extra syllable I suppose. Enough to confuse folks though.... Casey So what you are saying is that irreverent means reverent? and irrespective means respective? This IS so confusing. Then, chicken means turkey!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Steve, you and I would be ham 'n cheese in a duck blind or in a boat..
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"He has but a soup�on of sagacity," Zern said of a bullshitter once. The man could wax eloquently whilst twisting our tails (tales?). You're cracking me up. Bunch of wits here. Ella
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If this sort of butchering of English continues long enough it will become impossible to understand what the writer/speaker actually means!
Yep! The undeniable consequences of becoming a 'mongrel' nation with too many 'feral' citizens. ('citizens' used loosely)
jwall- *** 3100 guy***
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"He has but a soup�on of sagacity," Zern said of a bullshitter once. The man could wax eloquently whilst twisting our tails (tales?). You're cracking me up. Bunch of wits here. Ella Worthy of sticky status I'd say. No glib twists of wit to add at the moment as I find myself surrounded by superior forces. Sublime wit and soup cans abound.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I have a sentence from some long forgotten reading that goes, "I left a small part of me- my youth- everywhere I hunted." Can anyone pinpoint it?
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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It can't be! I looked it up on the innaweb, and they can't put it on the net if its not true! It's pathetical, ain't it? Casey
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
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So what you are saying is that irreverent means reverent?
and irrespective means respective?
This IS so confusing.
Then, chicken means turkey!
Good point! Irregardless, this is a great thread....... Casey
Casey
Not being married to any particular political party sure makes it a lot easier to look at the world more objectively... Having said that, MAGA.
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Irreverent means 'not a man of the cloth'. A layman. See also unrevered, disrevered. Irrespective means 'not showing respect for'. See also 'irrespectible', unrespectible, disrespect(ful). Associated words, malunderstanding, disconformancy, sloth.
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada
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Right. With the passage if time, sloth becomes easier to embrace.
Or so it seems. Not in the desultory way, but rather in the manner of slow motion.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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We ain't got moss growing on us. Yet.
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Steve, I really appreciate it,.... but are you alright? George, Mrs. Roberts would have skinned me alive for that!
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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Irregardless is recognized by some dictionaries as a non-standard word. The nice way of saying its in common use, but isn't really a word�. I think that perhaps it is also a nice way of saying that its use is all right for those who "graduated high school".
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
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I've had this argument before--it's a legitimate word!
Sheesh, Casey
OK, but what is it supposed to mean????????????? Regardless! Irregardless just has a useless extra syllable I suppose. Enough to confuse folks though.... Casey Amazing! It's a well established convention in the English language that adding a prefix of 'ir' changes a word to it's opposite meaning. Now - apparently - some dictionary says that 'irregardless' means the same as 'regardless'. The implications are mind-boggling. By the same token, can we now take it, for example, that 'irregular' means the same as 'regular', and 'irreversible' means the same as 'reversible'? If this sort of butchering of English continues long enough it will become impossible to understand what the writer/speaker actually means! Does this mean that the IRS is not actually a service?
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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It's odd how our speech can get twisted When parts of our schooling we've missed-ed So we make up some chit, force it to fit And convince ourselves we have fixed it
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.
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