dwinterfield wrote:I hope you are not offended, I appologize if you are. Word processors can only correct what they have been programmed to correct... if the word isn't in the program as incorrect, then it most likely will be ignored. Best bet is to look it up in a dictionary.Joseph E. Smith] ...right on!!!... but... umm... 'irregardless' isn't a real word... :P :P :P[/quote] [quote= wrote:And that's why I used it. I wrote the gibberish sentence in MS Word and the dictionary did not try to correct it. Out of curiousity I checked in Wordperfect. It also failed to see it as a mis-spelling. Is it a mistake if word processors think it's correct?
When I was in Junior High School, I was berated by an English Teacher for using 'irregardless' instead of 'regardless'... that lesson has stuck with me through the years.... and of course, there is always the possibility that she was incorrect herself.
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Oh, so you're one of these 'round earth' johnnies, are you? Kindly keep your unfounded and reactionary ideas to yourself, young man. There's no place for such cranky and crackpot theories on this forum, I thank thee.Paul wrote: Agreement is only the current level of understanding between 2 or more people about something. For ages the human conversation included the understanding that the earth was flat, for example.
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No, no, no. Heavens no. This idea that the Earth is round is only the current agreement within the human conversation. It has come about with the advent of technology that proves it for the moment. I have no idea what shape the earth actually is.Oh, so you're one of these 'round earth' johnnies, are you?
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And that's why I used it. I wrote the gibberish sentence in MS Word and the dictionary did not try to correct it. Out of curiousity I checked in Wordperfect. It also failed to see it as a mis-spelling. Is it a mistake if word processors think it's correct?[/quote]Joseph E. Smith wrote:...right on!!!... but... umm... 'irregardless' isn't a real word...dwinterfield wrote:
I hope you are not offended, I appologize if you are. Word processors can only correct what they have been programmed to correct... if the word isn't in the program as incorrect, then it most likely will be ignored. Best bet is to look it up in a dictionary.
When I was in Junior High School, I was berated by an English Teacher for using 'irregardless' instead of 'regardless'... that lesson has stuck with me through the years.... and of course, there is always the possibility that she was incorrect herself. [/quote]
We agree that it isn't a word. The entire sentence is a string of meaningless phrase people use all the time. The one I find most annoying is anyone in a discussion starting with "you'd have to agree with me..." or any of it's variations. I don't have to agree to anything.
As for word processor dictionaries, I thought they were set up so that they would flag any word not in them. I just checked on MS Word. If you add a "u" it flags it as a mistake and offers irregardless as the correct spelling. It seems the folks at Micosoft had a different English teacher.
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In this context preselected means:- eveyones a winner, providing they buy into a time-share property.Nanohedron wrote:Don't have a lot of time to go through this now-burgeoned thread, but has anyone wondered at the meaninglessness of "You have been preselected as a winner"?
Preselected? What is that?
Really.
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So... umm... it's not a matter of Calvinist theology?perrins57 wrote:In this context preselected means:- eveyones a winner, providing they buy into a time-share property.Nanohedron wrote:Don't have a lot of time to go through this now-burgeoned thread, but has anyone wondered at the meaninglessness of "You have been preselected as a winner"?
Preselected? What is that?
Really.
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Selected verses Preselected:
Selected means that you were just randomly selected from a database and will get mail with only "Dear Occupant"
Preselected: That your name and address have appeared on many lists and we are hot to use it, then addressed to you specifically. A more personal touch. Or that they have credit watch lists of big spenders and you're it!
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Selected means that you were just randomly selected from a database and will get mail with only "Dear Occupant"
Preselected: That your name and address have appeared on many lists and we are hot to use it, then addressed to you specifically. A more personal touch. Or that they have credit watch lists of big spenders and you're it!
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Oh my goodness! Is that what you thought I meant?Paul wrote:HA! Good one Lambchop! You can take it further because "meaning" is a figment of human conversation. Meaning has no meaning without agreement, and agreement is neither right or wrong. Agreement is only the current level of understanding between 2 or more people about something. For ages the human conversation included the understanding that the earth was flat, for example.
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Now whose been drinking?dubhlinn wrote:Who gives a F**k...?Jay-eye wrote:Once a winner, always a winner, surely?Walden wrote: So... umm... it's not a matter of Calvinist theology?
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