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Some arcade legality questions
pbj:
Most pointless debate ever. NOBODY CARES. The companies do NOTHING to stop it.
:cheers:
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Mr_Numbers on February 07, 2014, 01:28:07 am ---irregardless
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Not a word.
JDFan:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 07, 2014, 10:34:07 am ---
--- Quote from: Mr_Numbers on February 07, 2014, 01:28:07 am ---irregardless
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Not a word.
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Actually it is often accepted as a word and is listed in many dictionaries !
According to the WIKI :
--- Quote ---In the last twenty-five years, irregardless has become a common entry in dictionaries and usage reference books, although commonly marked as substandard or dialect. It appears in a wide range of dictionaries including Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (1961, repr. 2002),[4] The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology (1988), The American Heritage Dictionary (Second College Edition, 1991),[5] Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary (2001), and Webster's New World College Dictionary (Fourth Edition, 2004).[6] The definition in most dictionaries is simply listed as regardless (along with the note nonstandard, or similar). Merriam–Webster even states "Use regardless instead."
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DaveMMR:
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Actually it is often accepted as a word and is listed in many dictionaries !
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The same dictionaries that added the likes of "D'oh" and "twerk" and "selfie" to their pages?
Dictionaries are only a mirror of our language, however proper or improper. Exercise discretion using those words in formal conversation (e.g. job interviews, etc.).
Malenko: