Ya Webster's Dictionary blew their credibility when they added "irregardless" to their dictionary - hard pass
@NorthernInvader Um … language is a living thing. Common usage today trumps what might have been considered correct usage in the past. If enough people today are using the word for a given meaning, it belongs in a dictionary. Sorry, but if language didn’t evolve according to usage we’d still be speaking English like Shakespeare or even pre-Chaucer.
@REDonaldAuthor @NorthernInvader linguistic prescriptivism is a different form of political conservatism, and in the end judging someone for using neologisms will always happen.
I am about as far from being a political (or any other kind) of conservative you could possibly imagine. I am however a graduate in english lit and had I ever used that in a paper it would have lowered my grade considerably and likely a talking to from my prof or TA.
We'll have to agree to disagree
@NorthernInvader @REDonaldAuthor true. My autistic hyperfixation on linguistics is just that. My respect to you.
@NorthernInvader @ChumCugger I was a student of creative writing as well as linguistics at UBC. I wouldn’t use “irregardless” myself, but people have been using it for over 200 years so … 🤷♀️
@REDonaldAuthor can't agree. It's a sign of a poor education.