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Bowenw · 61-69, M
Using words that don’t exist like irregardless.
LuciliaLucyfer · 18-21, T
@Bowenw New words come into existence through people using words that don't exist. Shakespeare used a ton of words that don't exist, and if you look, they do now, commonly in fact.
Language doesn't start as an organized system that people then bend to, language is a thing people use that then slowly becomes *more* systematized, but is never perfectly systematic.
That being said, irregardless is kind of a weird one. I wonder if the point is to say "the previous stuff was kind of irrelevant, regardless." I do not know, but if thats the case, its a contraction.
Language doesn't start as an organized system that people then bend to, language is a thing people use that then slowly becomes *more* systematized, but is never perfectly systematic.
That being said, irregardless is kind of a weird one. I wonder if the point is to say "the previous stuff was kind of irrelevant, regardless." I do not know, but if thats the case, its a contraction.