I know many otherwise intelligent seeming colleagues who always say ‘pacific’ when they mean ‘specific’. Also, ‘That’s a mute point’ seems disappointingly common.
People who say irregardless don’t get to bend my ear, regardless.
I could care less [, technically, but it would be hard since I already care so little].
Does a cow have Buddha nature?
Ravel and unravel are synonyms.
As does using a transitive verb as if it were intransitive. 
If it did, that would be a mute point.
Heh. I love this thread. 
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Does a cow have Buddha nature?
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Mu…
-XT
Psi
Mu Psi Phi?
Greek bovine tech fiction?
It is definitely something up with which I can put!
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.
It’s prescriptivist.
LOVE that place. Had the best Bloody Mary and breakfast there ever.
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).
Thought so. Thank you!
Right! Just because a word doesn’t exist doesn’t mean there’s not a correct way to spell it.