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Phisherman wrote:

On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:07:03 -0600, "Dioclese" NONE wrote:

Why? Politicians use this messy jargon everyday. Both in written
legislation, and political campaign promises. No one seems to care, so I
thought it was acceptable.

As far as spelling a word that is misleading by its commonly accepted
surface defintion, you're right. MS Word spell check won't let me use
"irregardless". No, I don't use any form of spell or grammar check.

If that's all you got is a spell check, I'll bow out now.


All that matters is the reader understands what was said. I've known
people without a HS diploma who can communicate better than a
well-educated individual or a Usenet grammer cop. I'm not about to
proof read my posts like I would in a business letter. In east TN
there are many words spoken not understood elsewhere, perhaps that's a
good thing.

Sort of reminds me of regional dialects. Adds flavor to the mix which
I think has been sterilized by television. Mayberry aside )
Once read that in China 6 mile distance away folks could not speak to
each other. However they had the same written language that worked.
This over a few thousand years.
Try reading Canterbury tales .

Bill Look at the " Works of Rabelais" the only book I own that had a
book worm. )) Neat to see old stuff. Heady...


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