>>>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" :-)

Just another example of a word abused/misused enough that it becomes legitimate. I was surprised that the word unravel is similar. Ravel and unravel mean the same thing (unless of course you're talking about the composer).