heart-rendering

[Dennis Preston]

This is completely understandable. Every time I have the flu I speak
nonstandard English. Only then, of course,

dInIs

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>I am all down with that.
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>"Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:
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>At 2/16/2008 12:16 AM, LanDi Liu wrote:
>>On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Brenda Lester
>>wrote:
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>>  > During a lecture, my prof used the word "irregardless," and I almost fell
>>  > out of my chair. But I kept my mouth shut because he was getting over the
>>  > flu and not feeling well.
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>>Joel Berson and Wilson Gray have used it here just this year!
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>>But that's OK, because according to this site, it's "the baddest-ass word of
>>all time!"
>>http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9796217-1.html
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>That's why we use it -- to get street rep in the 'hood. (I'm sure
>Wilson can put it more colorfully.)
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>Joel
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of English
Morrill Hall 15-C
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48864 USA

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