I Swear, every friggin time I go there.....

[robostud5000]

link to Wikipedia article on "irregardless". while the word may not be universally recognized yet, it ain't totally invalid like some of y'all may think it is.

the best part of the article IMO:

"In the last twenty-five years, irregardless has become a common entry in dictionaries and usage reference books.

It appears in a wide range of dictionaries including: Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (1961, repr. 2002), The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology (1988), The American Heritage Dictionary (Second College Edition, 1991), Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary (2001), and Webster's New World College Dictionary (Fourth Edition, 2004).

The definition in most dictionaries is simply listed as regardless (along with the note nonstandard, or similar). "

i guess i was wrong before when i said that "irregardless" was not listed in dictionaries yet.

[trooplewis]

You guys are unincorrigible.

[trooplewis]

On a separate note that is more in keeping with the OP, I just dropped in on CPF, was curious if I might have been banned there for stuff I said here.

Nope, account still works there.

And there are still guys in the Budget Light Forum there who state that Ultrafires should be called Junkfires.
Unreal. No wonder I love to hate them.

[T.H.Cone]

I was going to have the engineless Firebird towed out of the front yard, but then I realized that the chickens would have no place to live.

[_the]

@robostud5000

while the word may not be universally recognized yet, it ain't totally invalid like some of y'all may think it is.

You are right: It's not invalid.

But it's actually a quite old word and according to M-W the usage trend is not going up:

@M-W

Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.

[Nautic]

@Yellowhorse

Just one of the many reasons I left CPF. CPF is more respectful? NAH! Most of us know better than that. BLF gets little press there simply because they don’t want to acknowledge we exist. If you aren’t willing to spend $400+ on a light (I have spent that much and more, on many lights) and prefer less expensive alternatives, you are a knuckle dragging, low brow. That said, CPF has been a great place to get information in the past but I believe that BLF member numbers are growing (many from CPF) and I see more innovative and informative reviews and posts appearing here all the time. We also don’t have Gretta and her “moderators” snotty, condescending remarks along with their outrageous rules here. I like that. My 2 cents.

+1 4 cents now!

[Burro]

I vote for lasterday rather than yesterday.

I feel the meaning is much more obvious. :bigsmile:

[robostud5000]

@Swede74

My excuse for further derailing this thread is that I am always looking for an opportunity to introduce the word “overmorrow” as an alternative to “the day after tomorrow” to the English language. It is heavily inspired, of course, by the Swedish word “övermorgon”, but unlike “smorgasbord” it is not obvious that it is a loan word. It sounds pretty cool (if I may humbly toot my own horn) so I hope it will catch on. I am keeping my hopes at a sensibly low level though.

similar to the German word übermorgen, which also means the day after tomorrow.

English does have Germanic roots as, i guess, does Swedish - Old English, Old High German, and Old Norse were similar supposedly - so overmorrow was probably used in the English language at some point. i don’t think you’d be introducing it so much as bringing it back.

bring it back!

[agedbriar]

Actually, it’s amazing that a German expression can happen to be so much simpler than its English equivalent.

[T.H.Cone]

Teutonic efficiency at its best. :nerd_face:

[Foy]

Okay, I have to admit; a really cool word like "overmorrow" is a great argument for evolving language. Touché for individual taste, class and aesthetic/accurate efficiency . . . all of which . . . overmorrow has.

touchéFoy

[Anzycpethian]

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Not bashing when you’re dealing with facts!

Rich
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Yapp! Dorp is right!