Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Not to be an English Snob...
And I don't mean like Madonna or Posh Spice, I mean one of those people who's a stickler for language and stuff - but I kind of am and -"irregardless" isn't a word, okay?
and for that matter, neither is "guesstimate" (because what's a guess? an estimate. And what's an estimate? a guess - okay? Just pick one)
12 comment(s):
By Tim, at 7:31 AM
By Anonymous, at 7:33 AM
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.
ps-i hate when people use "irregardless" too, but "guesstimate" doesn't really bother me. it's not just a regular estimate (you know, one based on SOMETHING), it's an estimate based on a guess. at least in my mind anyways.
By Jaime, at 7:40 AM
By nique, at 8:25 AM
"See? On this scale of 1-10, this is how much you care.... if you COULD care less, then that means your current level of caring is not yet at the bottom of the scale. If you COULDN'T care less.... you're already AT the bottom...." and so on, and so forth.
By asyl076, at 8:42 AM
By nique, at 10:23 AM
By Jenny, at 12:00 PM
By Trish, at 5:09 PM
By Michael, at 7:12 PM
By Trish, at 2:39 AM
*shudder*
By Jaime, at 11:52 AM
and "pitcher" for "picture" makes me want to scream
my dad, though, one of the smartest guys you'll ever meet says "waRshington" and "waRshing machine" - and I always ask where he gets the "R"
And my aunt in waRshington brags about the pretty "crick" on the back of her property - every time she says that, I ask how she spells it - because I'm an English snob
By Veruca Salt, at 12:12 PM
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