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From: hav@dual.UUCP (Helen Anne Vigneau)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Semantic Reversals (irregardless)
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Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 14:04:01 EST
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<*munch*>

=> 	Anyway, p. 692 of the American Heritage Dictionary
=> has:
=> 	
=> 	irregardless - adv. *Nonstandard*. Regardless.

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I'd say my face is red, except that I think the ones with the red faces
should be the editors of AHD.  Honestly, now, who out there thinks that
nonstandard words should be included in the dictionary as acceptable usages?
(This is a serious question.)  Colloquialisms like "ain't" are one thing, but
*wrong* usages?

Helen Anne

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