(September 18, 2015 at 5:04 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:(September 18, 2015 at 1:05 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Oh, you share one of my favorite bugaboos. Irregardless instead of regardless.
I had this explained to me. In African cultures/languages negatives don't function as a toggle. More negatives just add emphasis. It isn't a failure in logic, just a change of usage.
So antidisirregardless would mean absolutely without regard to .. to the nth degree.
Unlike here where we take the ir- as erasing the -less.
Interesting.
Can anyone explain the etymology of George W. Bush's use of the world,
"Misunderestimate" ?