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Yes Mickey, Irregardless is now a word.

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I could care less.
 
Regardless of whether or not it's in the dictionary you shouldn't use irregardless.
 
Malapropism don't effect me atol.
 
OK, now you've got me started! And I'm sufficiently wired with caffeine!

I wrote above one of my verbal pet peeves. Whenever I hear someone say, depending on the circumstances, "I could care less", I usually say, "I couldn't!" Always get "the look".

But one of my favorite pet peeves (intentional oxymoron there...) is when someone says, "I thought to myself..." WHO ELSE are ya gonna think to??
 
A phrase even making it into a song Bro: "What a Wonderful World".
 
DrEntropy said:
A phrase even making it into a song Bro: "What a Wonderful World".
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Yeah, artistic license...

But I do love that song! Louis Armstrong's version, of course, but also Iz's.
 
Mickey Richaud said:
......But one of my favorite pet peeves (intentional oxymoron there...) is when someone says, "I thought to myself..." WHO ELSE are ya gonna think to??
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I like that one alot :rolleye:
 
Speaking of language "changes" ...

Whatever happened to "Does anyone"?

Seems nearly every question these days begins "Anyone have ...".

yeesh
 
My favourite hate, "of"!

As in could of, should of, must of, might of, etc., when used instead of "have". I have even seen it recently in closed captions, though I must confess I don't know how they are created,
 
Mine is orientated. The orientation of the object was such that it was oriented in a northerly direction. None of this orientated nonsense!
 
Would "I for two" be better? Easier to win an argument when the majority is on your side.:friendly_wink:
 
Not a peeve of mine. I use "There is no team in I" occasionally when I'm getting help that I really don't want.
 
Just because a myriad of people use "irregardless" doesn't make it a word nor "myriad" a noun. I have myriad language pet peeves.
Bob
 
bobhustead said:
Just because a myriad of people use "irregardless" doesn't make it a word nor "myriad" a noun. I have myriad language pet peeves.
Bob
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Well ... when people use the word, it *is* a word. Most dictionaries and "word hounds" add a word when it becomes common in usage. As Merriam-Webster says ""We do not make the English language, we merely record it." We can fight about using (or not using) a "word" - but it's still a word.

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Forsooth and verily, Nutmeg. If frequent or plurality usage controls whether an aggregation of letters is a word, why are "forsooth" and "verily" still in my dictionary?

Bob
 
bobhustead said:
Forsooth and verily, Nutmeg. If frequent or plurality usage controls whether an aggregation of letters is a word, why are "forsooth" and "verily" still in my dictionary?

Bob
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Huzaah!
 
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