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Re:California woman ticketed for wearing Google Glass while ... by allc on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:22PM (#6643088)
minor note: you probably meant "regardless", not "irregardless", which is a double negative and not a word.
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Re:California woman ticketed for wearing Google Glass while ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:28PM (#6643139)
Dictionaries disagree with you. It is a word, but is generally not preferred in formal contexts.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_eng...

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Re:California woman ticketed for wearing Google Glass while ... by hdevalence on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @05:56PM (#6643705)
More importantly than dictionaries, usage disagrees.
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