Cartoon #1 - Irridiculous
It's always been a pet peeve of mine when people say irregardless. Irregardless is not a real word, although many heathens out there have continued to abuse the term and it has achieved a general acceptance. www.dictionary.com defines it as follows:
Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.
Websters defines it as follows:
Main Entry:
ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation:
\ˌir-i-ˈgärd-ləs\
Function:
adverb
Etymology:
probably blend of irrespective and regardless
Date:
circa 1912
nonstandard : regardless
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
ir·re·gard·less
Pronunciation:
\ˌir-i-ˈgärd-ləs\
Function:
adverb
Etymology:
probably blend of irrespective and regardless
Date:
circa 1912
nonstandard : regardless
usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
So, even though they acknowledge it's existence they also note that many don't accept it and I am one of those who choose not to accept it. If you happen to be one of the intellectual dwarfs that practice using this term, I apologize to you, because you likely see no humor in my comic. But for the majority of us, I hope you enjoy this illustration picking on a common language error.
Cartoon #2: You're no HC
Obviously, it's campaign season, so I tried a cartoon relating to debates. The most famous debate line I could think of was the You're no Jack Kennedy line from the Dan Quayle VP debate. I know there has to be a better caption available, but this is where it ended up. If you have a better caption for it let me know, I'm easy going.
Look for these cartoons in the October issues of Hendricks County ICON, and the October Business Leader magazines (Hendricks County, Hamilton county, Johnson County). More to come soon.
That's it.
