From: Sy Ali <sy1234@...>
Date: 2007-07-21T08:38:31+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Religion (was: god 0.1.0 released)

On 7/20/07, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
> I'm particularly annoyed by "irregardless" because anyone that pays
> attention to the construction of words at all can actually piece together
> an understanding of what the world would *really* mean, based on its
> parts -- and no amount of "descriptivism" will change that unless the
> meaning of the root word itself is altered.
>
> . . . in which case "regardless" would come to mean something else
> entirely.  Since that hasn't happened, "irregardless" is still, in
> current usage, *wrong*.

Yep, irregardless is a redonculous word.