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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Wed May 17, 2023, 08:05 PM May 2023

Merriam Webster: The fight for 'irregardless'.

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Merriam Webster: The fight for 'irregardless'. (Original Post) Tomconroy May 2023 OP

ok, I'm happy markie May 2023 #1

When they bowed to Bush* inability to pronounce "nuclear" to include an alternative hlthe2b May 2023 #2

I felt the same way about Herbert Hoover and "normalcy." malthaussen May 2023 #5

It's an irritant to me, but I don't fault M-W brer cat May 2023 #3

With no regard, I'm going to take a safe position on it and not worry about it. keithbvadu2 May 2023 #4

I could care less. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2023 #6

markie

(22,825 posts)

1. ok, I'm happy

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Wed May 17, 2023, 08:11 PM

May 2023

hlthe2b

(105,458 posts)

2. When they bowed to Bush* inability to pronounce "nuclear" to include an alternative

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Wed May 17, 2023, 08:13 PM

May 2023

pronunciation, "nucular," I finally let my annoyance with their rewarding such mistakes, go.

Life is too short. And English, as a language, is always changing.

malthaussen

(17,554 posts)

5. I felt the same way about Herbert Hoover and "normalcy."

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Thu May 18, 2023, 02:10 PM

May 2023

But I have discovered, to my great dismay, that "normalcy" has also been around a long time, and used by many, so as much as I hate it, I cannot condemn it.

-- Mal