Jul 5, 2020 11:26 PM
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misterflibbertyjibbet
TIL that "irregardless" is literally a word....
IsaacNuetron
Irregarding the flustrating inclusion...it has always been a bastard language
SliderOfElay
It's been in common usage as long as regardless and longer then grammers that vilified double negatives.
fluens
Well that dictionary can eat an ol' bag of dicks.
trippingthelightfantastic
ImakeWine
it basically tells you to f off if you don't like it.
rssplowman
Fuck that, regardless of what Merriam-Webster has to say about it.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Aren't they supposed to be a trusted authority?
NOT AT THIS POINT!!! ??
AintYouGuysGonnaAskAboutMyHat
It’s a perfectly cromulent word
nurmich
This is why linguistics is called a 'soft-science.' Because linguists are soft and can't tell words like 'irregardless' to fuck off.
Wybo
I irregard this nonsense
SteveMND
At least they still note it as 'nonstandard' usage.
ReturnOfActionCheese
Not surprising considering how many people think youse is plural for you.
cousteau
They use "ye" in Ireland. I'm still unsure how to use it.
photog
How about, Who this is?
wolfhair
"Youse" has been in the dictionary for over a hundred years.
Fuck youse all
Im a fan of "Fuck you every you". Fuck you all spreads one fuck you over everybody, but fuck you every you gives each person a full fuck you
UranusSpelunker
So capitalism fucks vs communism fucks?
HomoSumHumaniAMeNihilAlienumPuto
So English dictionaries are descriptive not prescriptive. They show what words are being used not what words should or should not be used ->
In fact English does not have any governmentally recognized organization that decides what is and isn't English.
Do other languages?
Some do, french has the Académie Française which decides what words are correct and which ones are not correct french.
That figures. I kind of wish we had that too tbh, because standardized language probably helps ensure clear communication.
misterflibbertyjibbet
TIL that "irregardless" is literally a word....
IsaacNuetron
Irregarding the flustrating inclusion...it has always been a bastard language
SliderOfElay
It's been in common usage as long as regardless and longer then grammers that vilified double negatives.
fluens
Well that dictionary can eat an ol' bag of dicks.
trippingthelightfantastic
ImakeWine
rssplowman
Fuck that, regardless of what Merriam-Webster has to say about it.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Aren't they supposed to be a trusted authority?
rssplowman
NOT AT THIS POINT!!! ??
AintYouGuysGonnaAskAboutMyHat
It’s a perfectly cromulent word
nurmich
This is why linguistics is called a 'soft-science.' Because linguists are soft and can't tell words like 'irregardless' to fuck off.
Wybo
I irregard this nonsense
SteveMND
At least they still note it as 'nonstandard' usage.
ReturnOfActionCheese
Not surprising considering how many people think youse is plural for you.
cousteau
They use "ye" in Ireland. I'm still unsure how to use it.
photog
How about, Who this is?
wolfhair
"Youse" has been in the dictionary for over a hundred years.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Fuck youse all
ReturnOfActionCheese
Im a fan of "Fuck you every you". Fuck you all spreads one fuck you over everybody, but fuck you every you gives each person a full fuck you
UranusSpelunker
So capitalism fucks vs communism fucks?
HomoSumHumaniAMeNihilAlienumPuto
So English dictionaries are descriptive not prescriptive. They show what words are being used not what words should or should not be used ->
HomoSumHumaniAMeNihilAlienumPuto
In fact English does not have any governmentally recognized organization that decides what is and isn't English.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
Do other languages?
HomoSumHumaniAMeNihilAlienumPuto
Some do, french has the Académie Française which decides what words are correct and which ones are not correct french.
andydicktracymorganfairchild
That figures. I kind of wish we had that too tbh, because standardized language probably helps ensure clear communication.