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As an atheist, what angers you?
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Awww, what a cute little chat.
Irregardless, FYI, there is, in fact, such a word. Look it up. RE: As an atheist, what angers you?
June 29, 2016 at 12:37 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 12:38 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
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. 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...
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
(June 29, 2016 at 12:33 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Awww, what a cute little chat. 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.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
(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, 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. That's cool. I have no problem with you liking things I don't like RE: As an atheist, what angers you?
June 29, 2016 at 2:21 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 2:22 pm by Spirian.)
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