(June 29, 2016 at 11:40 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: There's nothing wrong with it I have an irrational knee jerk reaction to it where I instantly think it's meant snarkily... but then I quickly realize it wasn't.

FYI I'm not a snarky person.

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Awww, what a cute little chat.

Irregardless, FYI, there is, in fact, such a word. Look it up.

It's become an informal version of "regardless" through bastardization. Sadly it has indeed become an actual word.

I say "sadly" because it annoys me how it makes no sense whatsoever. How can "regardless" and "irregardless" mean the same thing?

I think language should change so both "rational" and "irrational" to mean "rational" and if you actually want to call someone "irrational" you have to say "rationalless" or "irrationalless" which both mean "irrational".

(June 29, 2016 at 12:37 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: It's become an informal version of "regardless" through bastardization. Sadly it has indeed become an actual word.

I say "sadly" because it annoys me how it makes no sense whatsoever. How can "regardless" and "irregardless" mean the same thing?[...]

How can "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing? "Habitable" and "inhabitable"?  How can "bi-weekly" mean both twice a week and once every two weeks? Why do 'Murricans say "I could care less" to mean "I couldn't care less"? Why can we now apparently say "less people", as well as "fewer people", but we still can't say "fewer milk"?...

Oh, the joys of a living language...

(June 29, 2016 at 12:33 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Awww, what a cute little chat.

Irregardless, FYI, there is, in fact, such a word. Look it up.

Of course there is. And I hate when people use it. The prefix "ir" means not. We already have a word that means regardless. It's...regardless. So having a word that also means regardless when it's the same word with the prefix "ir" makes no sense. I hate when people use the word because it's a stupid word. Not because it isn't a word.

(June 29, 2016 at 12:47 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote: Why do 'Murricans say "I could care less" to mean "I couldn't care less"?

Not all of us

(June 29, 2016 at 12:56 pm)Losty Wrote: Not all of us

Duly noted.

(June 29, 2016 at 12:53 pm)Losty Wrote:

(June 29, 2016 at 12:33 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Awww, what a cute little chat.

Irregardless, FYI, there is, in fact, such a word. Look it up.

Of course there is. And I hate when people use it. The prefix "ir" means not. We already have a word that means regardless. It's...regardless. So having a word that also means regardless when it's the same word with the prefix "ir" makes no sense. I hate when people use the word because it's a stupid word. Not because it isn't a word.

Irregardless, I absolutely adore it. And, FYI, I'm not even joking.

(June 29, 2016 at 2:17 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:

(June 29, 2016 at 12:53 pm)Losty Wrote: Of course there is. And I hate when people use it. The prefix "ir" means not. We already have a word that means regardless. It's...regardless. So having a word that also means regardless when it's the same word with the prefix "ir" makes no sense. I hate when people use the word because it's a stupid word. Not because it isn't a word.

Irregardless, I absolutely adore it. And, FYI, I'm not even joking.

That's cool. I have no problem with you liking things I don't like

(April 21, 2016 at 1:12 pm)Skeptimus Signus Wrote: As an atheist what gets you angry?

Waiting in line for a black coffee while wannabe hipsters order $7 girlie drinks and hold up the line.