According to the OED, irregardless has been in use since 1912. On the other hand, regardless was first seen about 1542.
-- John H. Robinson, IV <[email protected]> On 2013-06-25, at 08:36, Jerald Sheets <[email protected]> wrote: > While still a long distance from general acceptance, it is now in the > dictionary: > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless > > > --- > Jerald M. Sheets jr. > > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Phil Pennock > <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-06-24 at 18:46 -0700, Corey Quinn wrote: > > Well said. Y'know, except for using "irregardless" in a sentence above. :-p > > Part of my continuing Americanisation. Oops, Americanization. > > -Phil, whose wife even has him now dropping the 'h' from 'herb'. Gaah. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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