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Irregardless

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  • 02-12-2011 4:11pm
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    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭


    No..... Just no. It does not make sense as a word.

    Regard.

    Regardless     i.e. Without regard.

    'Irregardless' i.e. Without without regard?

    The amazing part is, even when I pointed this out to a fella in work, I was treated as the fool. 8 out of 10 people sided with him. This proved he was right apparently.

    Have you ever had an instance when people outnumbered you and told you that in no uncertain terms you were the idiot despite the fact you knew otherwise?


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    massiveattack
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    Id say your great craic in the workplace


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    Random
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    nobody cares. thats why youre wrong. because nobody cares.


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    im invisible
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    Random wrote: »
    nobody cares. thats why youre wrong. because nobody cares.

    supposably


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    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    Omackeral wrote: »
    No..... Just no. It does not make sense as a word.

    Regard.

    Regardless     i.e. Without regard.

    'Irregardless' i.e. Without without regard?

    The amazing part is, even when I pointed this out to a fella in work, I was treated as the fool. 8 out of 10 people sided with him. This proved he was right apparently.

    Have you ever had an instance when people outnumbered you and told you that in no uncertain terms you were the idiot despite the fact you knew otherwise?

    YES.

    Except I was arguing about the correct way to pronounce Segue, and I was totally wrong. So what the hell do I know.


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    TheZohanS
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    No..... Just no. It does not make sense as a word.

    Regard.

    Regardless     i.e. Without regard.

    'Irregardless' i.e. Without without regard?

    The amazing part is, even when I pointed this out to a fella in work, I was treated as the fool. 8 out of 10 people sided with him. This proved he was right apparently.

    Have you ever had an instance when people outnumbered you and told you that in no uncertain terms you were the idiot despite the fact you knew otherwise?

    tl;dr Where you ever wrong and afraid to admit it.


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    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Irregardless of what you say, fools are still going to say irregardless, you should learn to carry on with life irregardless. irregardless. irregardless


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    For Forks Sake
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    Cromulent thread is cromulent


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    Plazaman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Irrelevant......less....ly


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    Chuck Stone
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    The amazing part is, even when I pointed this out to a fella in work, I was treated as the fool. 8 out of 10 people sided with him.

    That really is amazing.

    8 out of 10. Same way that cats vote.


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    Loomis
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    The replies in here gave me cancer.


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    cosmicfart
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    thread wasted 3 seconds of my life ill never get back :mad:


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    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    If I was your boss I'd sack you for wasting time on silly arguments, then wasting even more time posting about them on boards, irregardless of the fact that you are quite correct about the word.


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    Guill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,331 ✭✭✭Guill


    Absa-fúkin-posa-tively correct.


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    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    cosmicfart wrote: »
    thread wasted 3 seconds of my life ill never get back :mad:


    And a yet you had still had time to reply. Please accept my apology for distracting you from all the swashbuckling adventures you would have had had you not read it.


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    Pace2008
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    The first rule of the tautology club is the first rule of the tautology club.


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    Pace2008
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    Oh, send him this link.
    The word dates back to the 19th century, but is regarded as incorrect in standard English.

    The Oxford English dictionary is a higher authority than 8 of your workmates.


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    cosmicfart
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    And a yet you had still had time to reply. Please accept my apology for distracting you from all the swashbuckling adventures you would have had had you not read it.

    Swashbuckling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swashbuckler

    why the fook are speaking like a swordsmandfrom the 16th century??


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    Loomis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭Loomis


    Pace2008 wrote: »
    The first rule of the tautology club is the first rule of the tautology club.

    The first rule of Thesaurus Club is you do not talk about Thesaurus Club.
    The second rule of Thesaurus Club is you do not discuss, mention, speak of or chat about Thesaurus Club.


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    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    cosmicfart wrote: »
    Swashbuckling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swashbuckler

    why the fook are speaking like a swordsmandfrom the 16th century??

    Shut yer scurvy mouth me hartey, or it's the plank ya'll be walkin'


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    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Snakeblood wrote: »
    YES.

    Except I was arguing about the correct way to pronounce Segue, and I was totally wrong. So what the hell do I know.

    I was vehemently arguing about this before and it turned out I was completely wrong.
    Seg-way - WTF?
    I never use this word anymore because it's pronounced so stupidly
    (I assumed it was 'seeg', similar to how fugue is pronounced)


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    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Mr. Anderson wrote: »
    The first rule of Thesaurus Club is you do not talk about Thesaurus Club.
    The second rule of Thesaurus Club is you do not discuss, mention, speak of or chat about Thesaurus Club.

    What have dinosaurs got to do with anything?


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    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Mr. Anderson wrote: »
    The first rule of Thesaurus Club is you do not talk about Thesaurus Club.
    The second rule of Thesaurus Club is you do not discuss, mention, speak of or chat about Thesaurus Club.

    What's another word for thesaurus?


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    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    I was vehemently arguing about this before and it turned out I was completely wrong.
    Seg-way - WTF?
    I never use this word anymore because it's pronounced so stupidly
    (I assumed it was 'seeg', similar to how fugue is pronounced)

    I...I forgive you for our words in the Clarkson thread, and I'm sorry, seeg brother.


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    St.Spodo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭St.Spodo


    The only thing worse than making an honest mistake like ''should of{sic}'' is misusing a big word and sounding like a pompous tit.


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    yeppydeppy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭yeppydeppy


    Specific / Pacific - one is to be exact, the other is a great big fécking ocean!


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    earlyevening
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    The idiots who say this are confusing "regardless" with "irrespective". Mish mashing the two words to create their own idiotic word which marks them out as a moron.


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    Gingervitis
    Registered Users Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Gingervitis


    Flammable, inflammable? ENGLISH Y U NO MAKE SENSE.

    Rhetorically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammable#Linguistics:_flammable_vs._inflammable


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    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    im invisible wrote: »
    supposably
    It's a perfectly cromulent word.


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    Johro
    Registered Users Posts: 4,705 ✭✭✭Johro


    Omackeral wrote: »
    No..... Just no. It does not make sense as a word.

    Regard.

    Regardless     i.e. Without regard.

    'Irregardless' i.e. Without without regard?

    The amazing part is, even when I pointed this out to a fella in work, I was treated as the fool. 8 out of 10 people sided with him. This proved he was right apparently.

    Have you ever had an instance when people outnumbered you and told you that in no uncertain terms you were the idiot despite the fact you knew otherwise?
    What they mean is 'irrespective'.
    They just don't know it yet. :cool:


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    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    cosmicfart wrote: »
    Swashbuckling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swashbuckler

    why the fook are speaking like a swordsmandfrom the 16th century??

    Did you have to look that up?!


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