Actually it is not

Posted By: According to DICTIONARY.COM on 2006-07-04
In Reply to: irregardless is a word - mtme

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

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Where did work ethic go? - JM
- Where did work ethic go? - OTRPU
  - I quit my job today for the same reason..sm - me
    - You GO! - MLS
- totally aside - SKM
- Why don't ya try giving the transcriptionists - sm
  - Completely true! - jrjr
- A raise? Are you kidding me? I've not heard anything - What a joke!
- The work ethic has plummeted everywhere, not just MT. sm - nm
  - Just my own personal opinion but - sm - Mom
    - I Agree! - MLS
    - My take on it - see message
    - TOTALLY AGREE!! - SM
    - Yeah, work ethic! My parents were wealthy - WorkEthics?
    - Child labor laws haven little or nothing to do with it. sm - CM
    - Good Lord! You want to go back to 1918, like my grandma who quit school in 3rd grade to go work - Marion
- I do agree that this industry has sunken to a level that I don't want to be associated with - sm
  - class - opmt
    - Anonymous; that's the problem here, people - I stand by my initials
      - I see no self-identification in your posting - and besides,
        no one knows who is posting except to say.... - moderators/administrators know....sm
        oops - typo......should/ve said....sm - moderators/administrators know....sm
  - how have you moved on if you are here....try - a little farther
    - Apparently I've hit a nerve. - get over it
      - YOU ''get over it'' - lrmt
        YOU "get over it", however, makes you sound quite intelligent! - Brilliant response!
        Not too difficult - lrmt
        I really wonder if this person's--sm - dipwad
      - seems to me and to a few others that you are-sm - dipwad
  - What gives you the right to call a lot of people low lifes...sm - Wondering
  - There is no need to correct anyone's grammar on this board. (NM) - Goldbird (Moderator)
  - irregardless is a word - mtme
    - Actually it is not - According to DICTIONARY.COM
      - irregardless - MTme
        It's a really good way to annoy educated people, though. (nm) - Yeah, but
        Why would you want to annoy anyone? - dipwad
  - If you have moved on, why are you still on this board? nm - dipwad
    - Slummin' - LOL
      - causin' trouble is more like it! nm - dipwad
        Seems like you're enjoying it. - LOL!
        sm - dipwad
- I work very hard, usually 7 days a week. - Shoe on the other foot
- Can't speak for all MTs but I have been - Sm
  - Exactly my point... - MT
- Don't worry about it. Those who really want/need jobs - train...others put it off.
- What I can't believe is the lack of responsibility smg - agree
- Interesting responses...sm - MT
  - I work for company that has team leaders and - Wish there were good "teams"
    - Let me guess - O*verly S*ensitive I*ndustry? - read between the *
      - No, Merry Dukes of Ireland. - nope
        Does it come after E and then before M? - Let me guess
  - Now that is the attitude I would hire in a second ... - at an even higher rate!!
- You have that right. Where this group of SM - QA person
  - You must be hiring the wrong people... - hardworkingemployee
- do not lump us all into that group, please! - dedictated worker
- Give me a break..... - geesh
  - I agree with your post. I hire them too but the co - ex-recruiter
    - That's exactly what I'm talking about - NM
  - geesh 100% correct here - artmt
- You get what you pay for. Face it. nm - nm
- I couldn't agree with you more - sm - recruiter
  - wow, what happened to all my punctuation - recruiter
    - If you mean quotation marks... - sm
    - Your punctuation when to AlphaHeaven with all sm - Tee-hee
    - Employees that work hard - hardworkingemployee
      - I feel the same sm - hardworkertoo
        Looking at both sides .. - CMT-me
        keyboard sticking .. thus the errors!! - CMT-me

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