>>>>>The worst offender is the dictionary. Notice how after a word has been used incorrectly over a period of years the incorrect usage gets added to the dictionary and then it becomes acceptable?
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>>>>You're awful. Irregardless... my concern is when I'm holding a lit match in a tunnel where there are 2 paths, one labelled inflammable and the other flammable... regardless of which way I go I'm terrific.
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>>>I thought "irregardless" was only used by Americans who also say "Supposably" and "heighth" :-)
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>>And Febuary ...
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>Do you guys normally pronounce the first "R" in February then, cos we don't? - FEB-EW-UHRY or FEB-YUHRY
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>I think the "irregardless" thing comes from a mix-up with "... irrespective of the difference in age ..." ???
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>The expression that cracks me up is: "on account of..." - "I gotta paint the lounge on account of I spilled beer on da wall."
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>and
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>"I don't gotta do nuthin'"
Well, I have, from time to time, seen "should of..." - "I should of painted the lounge..."
I still think my favourite is "It's a doggy dog world."
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