.@sapinker @PeterSokolowski Nice! Small note: "irregardless" was in U.S. speech by ca. 1860 (1795 for an early find), http://ow.ly/onLSl
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@goheels1114 Is that your own research? Well done.@sapinker
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@sapinker Burn the descriptivists!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I could care less.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Well, nonregardful of that, I still think she's unright.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Irregardless is a real word. But you still shouldn’t use it. http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0037-irregardless.htm … /ht
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@sapinker that word is perfectly cromulentThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I'm nonplussed.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker does being in the dictionary define a word is a word? OK, so what about all the words that get taken out...no longer words? -
@NicholasRees1 Dictionaries don't set the standard, they simply record useage. Think of how we commonly use "Incredible", and "Pathetic". -
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@NicholasRees1 They have value in education, and helping mutual intelligibility, that's important. And in the same vein, as historical docs. -
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@sapinker "Knickers in a knot", no?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Better still: Don't wear knickers. They're prone to twistiness.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Now I am thinking of Pinker in knickers.
@sapinker If you get your knickers in a twist over "irregardless," http://bit.ly/15j0Kq4Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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