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RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether
From: Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 15:18:03 -0500 (CDT)
On Mon, 17 May 2004, Michael Gargiullo wrote:
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 11:42, id3nt () hush com wrote:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Uhmm, irregardless is not a word. The word is regardless.THANK YOU! For years trying to explain this to people... Now if only I could convince my sister-in-law that she should not ax me a question about an idear she had...
ir·re·gard·less ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-gärdls) adv. Nonstandard Regardless. [Probably blend of irrespective, and regardless.] Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so. Thanks, Ron DuFresne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether Scott Forrest (May 17)
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- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether id3nt (May 17)
- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether Michael Gargiullo (May 17)
- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether Gary E. Miller (May 17)
- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether Ron DuFresne (May 17)
- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether Michael Gargiullo (May 17)
- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether Michael Gargiullo (May 17)
- RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether madsaxon (May 17)