OT: Incurable pedantry (Was: Emphasis on proper address...)

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 131454

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" 
> Trying and failing to fight down the impulse... gnawing off fingers 
> in attempt... stabbing compass into thigh... no... it's no good...
> 
> Absolutely no offence meant, but there is NO SUCH WORD AS 
> IRREGARDLESS.  You mean irrespective or regardless.
> Sorry. I'll get me coat.

Sure there is: it's right here in my "Webster's New International
Dictionary" (2nd ed.)--right between "irrefutability" and
"irregeneracy".  Webster doesn't seem to care for it much, but there 
it is.

Of course, you have an unalienable right to your opinion.

Amiable Dorsai