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Re:IP by mattmaroon on Monday June 02, 2008 @06:40PM (#207372)
Why sic? It's in dictionaries.
Re:IP by aston on Monday June 02, 2008 @08:20PM (#207443)
As is "irregardless." Not that anyone should begrudge you the use of either word.
Re:IP by mattmaroon on Monday June 02, 2008 @08:32PM (#207455)
I didn't actually know that. I know incent was just put there because people started using it widely, even before it was a word, but for some reason I like that and not irregardless.

Maybe we should go one step further and start saying irregardlessly?

Re:IP by jdanieli on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @12:15AM (#207613)
A word is a word before it gets put in the dictionary. A dictionary is a subset of the language. You cannot prove something isn't a word by showing that it is not in the dictionary, but if its in the dictionary, then it is definitely a word (unless it's a lexicographical error).
Re:IP by aston on Monday June 02, 2008 @08:39PM (#207460)
I'm a big fan of saying whatever you want as long as people understand you. Shakespeare made up stuff all the time, and people got it. Meanwhile, I can't understand Steve Gillmor, even when he's using all one syllable words.
Re:IP by mattmaroon on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @04:36AM (#207758)
Do I detect a fellow amateur etymologist?
Re:IP by astine on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @10:31AM (#207913)
"Irregardless" just sounds ugly. It forces too much of a stress on the r and creates a sort of growling sound.