"Irregardless"
Oct 31, 2020 10:41:23 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Tom Hungerford wrote:
Isn't it "I could careless"?
Tom
Tom
Nope. The original phrasing, “couldn’t care less”, implied that the subject was of such little consequence to me that my caring about it couldn’t be any less. The “I could care less” doesn’t convey that same meaning.
Stan
Oct 31, 2020 10:44:48 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
mwsilvers wrote:
According to Merriam-Webster, it was recently adde... (show quote)
Besides that, it’s harder to s say it because if that extra syllable in the front.
Stan
Oct 31, 2020 10:45:20 #
Oct 31, 2020 11:34:18 #
The spoken language belongs to the speakers! The written language belongs to the writers and readers... DaveO, listen up.
Oct 31, 2020 11:41:02 #
Since regardless and irregardless mean exactly the same thing the ir form is unnecessary.
Oct 31, 2020 11:46:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Someone just told me that "irregardless" is now considered a proper word. Well, there goes the verbal neighborhood. Keep making a mistake long enough, and it will become correct. 
Irregardless has been in the dictionary since at least the early 80s, I was talking to this guy and used the word because of a statement he made, he quickly told me there was no such word, I got a dictionary and proved it to him. It has been in use since 1795.
Oct 31, 2020 11:53:18 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Someone just told me that "irregardless" is now considered a proper word. Well, there goes the verbal neighborhood. Keep making a mistake long enough, and it will become correct.
The word "decimate" originally meant "reduce by one tenth". But people used it so much to mean "reduce substantially" that dictionaries accepted that definition.
Oct 31, 2020 11:55:56 #
Oct 31, 2020 12:18:42 #
Longshadow wrote:
No, he means he cares a little. But he could still care even less if the conditions are right.Don'tcha mean "couldn't care less"? 
Crap, I just noticed this post has reached five pages. If I had seen that sooner I wouldn't have bothered. Irregardless here it is.
BTW, when I typed "irregardless" why does it have a red line under it?
Oct 31, 2020 12:39:46 #
folkus wrote:
Sounds fishy to me. Hard to look them in the eye
It's hard to figure out who you are replying to. Use "quote reply" and we will know.
Oct 31, 2020 13:00:35 #
Oct 31, 2020 13:01:24 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
It's hard to figure out who you are replying to. Use "quote reply" and we will know.
Thank you for that helpful comment!
Oct 31, 2020 14:00:27 #
Oct 31, 2020 14:03:41 #
TylerDurdensReel
Loc: Fresno Ca.
The next thing you know using then when comparing will be acceptable too.
Oct 31, 2020 14:05:51 #
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