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RE: New therad: sasser, costs, support etcalltogether
From: Michael Gargiullo <mgargiullo () warpdrive net>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 17:05:24 -0400
On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 16:18, Ron DuFresne wrote:
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.
Seriously, This is how languages develop. Someone butchers / creates a word, and it spreads. Other famous examples: google - verb Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good - Thank you Run DMC and, my favorite. The same dictionary defines "shizzle" [Probably blend of Mexican Gold, and stink weed] Usage note: shizzle is a word that many people credit to a Mr. Snoop Dogg. http://www.asksnoop.com/ http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shizzle _______________________________________________ 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)