# People who say irrigardless **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987 "2011-11-15T06:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Bilbo1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bilbo1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bilbo1967)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/101 "2011-11-16T18:31:25Z")
I know many otherwise intelligent seeming colleagues who always say ‘pacific’ when they mean ‘specific’. Also, ‘That’s a mute point’ seems disappointingly common. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/102 "2011-11-16T18:36:00Z")
People who say irregardless don’t get to bend my ear, regardless. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/103 "2011-11-16T18:45:43Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I always took it to mean, I could care less if I hadn’t used up all my lack of caring. I could care less [, technically, but it would be hard since I already care so little]. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/104 "2011-11-16T18:52:04Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > It’s like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t mean anything. It’s _Moo_. Does a cow have Buddha nature? ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/105 "2011-11-16T18:59:58Z")
Ravel and unravel are synonyms. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/106 "2011-11-16T19:04:14Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I don’t want to physically accost them (yes, I know you were just kidding) but, yeah, the use of ‘that’ instead of ‘who’ when referring to people does grate. As does using a transitive verb as if it were intransitive. 😉 > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Does a cow have Buddha nature? If it did, that would be a mute point. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/107 "2011-11-16T21:52:01Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > As does using a transitive verb as if it were intransitive. 😉 Heh. I love this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/108 "2011-11-16T21:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Does a cow have Buddha nature? [/QUOTE] Mu… -XT ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/109 "2011-11-16T22:48:20Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Mu… > > -XT Psi ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/110 "2011-11-16T23:08:49Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Psi Mu Psi Phi? Greek bovine tech fiction? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/111 "2011-11-16T23:09:39Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Heh. I love this thread. 🙂 It is definitely something up with which I can put! ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/112 "2011-11-17T01:03:56Z")
I don’t count myself among the prescriptivists either. In fact, I embrace colloquialisms and “hep” speak in my own lexicon…but I will NEVER succumb to irregardless. I HATE it. My people will never use it in my presence. By “my people” I mean friends and family. Those in the know hate it as much as I do, and those who are not will be disparaged. \*Gatdamn. Is it prescriptivist or prescriptionist? Foo. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/113 "2011-11-17T04:56:11Z")
It’s prescriptivist. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/114 "2011-11-17T05:20:22Z")
> [@M.Constant](#): > > I’ve been know to use Irregardless in a valid context. > > \ > It’s the name of a pretty nice cafe in Raleigh, NC: [http://www.irregardless.com](http://www.irregardless.com) > \ > > Fun place, menu changes daily LOVE that place. Had the best Bloody Mary and breakfast there ever. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/115 "2011-11-17T11:06:52Z")
When I was studying Pure Maths at University, one of my lecturers couldn’t pronounce “integer” (he did it with a hard “g”). He was a Brit and a Professor (a UK Professor, in that he was a senior at the University). ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/116 "2011-11-17T22:08:36Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It’s prescriptivist. Thought so. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987/117 "2011-11-22T01:23:14Z")
> [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](#): > > _Although_ this Pit thread gets a -1 on style. I’m far from the grammar police, but if you’re going to post a pit thread about improper use of a word, please spell-check and capitalize thoroughly. Otherwise it just looks ironic in all the wrong ways. Right! Just because a word doesn’t exist doesn’t mean there’s not a correct way to spell it. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-say-irrigardless/602987.md?page=5)