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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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Is 'Irregardless' a Real Word?
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by deimtee on Monday July 13 2020, @04:36PM (5 children)

    by deimtee (3272) on Monday July 13 2020, @04:36PM (#1020432) Journal

    Irregardless of what you say, I have to agree with c0lo that the word is not used here in Oz.

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  • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Monday July 13 2020, @05:00PM (4 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 13 2020, @05:00PM (#1020451)
    Oz?

    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday July 13 2020, @09:44PM (2 children)

      by MostCynical (2589) on Monday July 13 2020, @09:44PM (#1020734) Journal

      Oz.. short for "Australia", when pronounced with an "OZ traa lyn" accent (try not to open your mouth or move your tongue, to get the proper effect)

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      • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Monday July 13 2020, @10:55PM (1 child)

        by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 13 2020, @10:55PM (#1020803)
        Never heard of it, you sure that's really a word?

        • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Tuesday July 14 2020, @12:26AM

          by deimtee (3272) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @12:26AM (#1020854) Journal

          Yep.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @01:22AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @01:22AM (#1020898)

      You gotta take one of those flying houses to get there.