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The Debate over "Irregardless" -- is it a Word?

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 13 2020, @11:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the First-to-Fall dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/06/887540598/the-debate-over-the-word-irregardless-is-it-a-word

All right. Let's settle something here. The word irregardless - is it a word or is it not a word? Well, this is a debate that Merriam-Webster is now weighing in on in a tweet saying that it is, in fact, a word. And that has led to a whole lot of reaction online.

Merriam-Webster has confirmed that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, despite concerns from teachers that it is not.

So fellow Soylentils, irregardless of my opinion, what do your think?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday July 13 2020, @03:31PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 13 2020, @03:31PM (#1020377) Journal

    I can't be sure, but it might be an Australian thing.

    Naw, mate, the Ozzies are quite keen on shortening words.
    But in some sense it may make sense, 'cause "To orient towards Orient" makes for a confuzzy sense.

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  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Monday July 13 2020, @05:34PM (1 child)

    by acid andy (1683) on Monday July 13 2020, @05:34PM (#1020509) Homepage Journal

    "To orient towards Orient" makes for a confuzzy sense.

    Absolutely, there's a real danger of becoming completely disoriented, losing one's balance, and having an accident in the Occident!

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @05:41PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @05:41PM (#1020523)

      and having an accident in the Occident!

      Just don't hit the occipital, it's not the capital of the Occident.

  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday July 14 2020, @03:23PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @03:23PM (#1021278)

    But in some sense it may make sense, 'cause "To orient towards Orient" makes for a confuzzy sense.

    Well, that's easily avoided because "the Orient" is considered an offensive term by most people now anyway.

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