"Mike the Elder" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
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> My two pet peeves in this area the frequent use of the non-words 
> "irregardless"
> and "donut" by people who really ought to know better and the mistaken
> inclusion of these terms in the word lists of numerous software spelling
> checkers. (One acts either with regard for a given factor or regardless of 
> that
> factor. "Irregardless" is a nonsense term.  Torus-shaped pastries are made 
> from
> "dough", not "do".)

"Irregardless"  Yes!  It annoys me to death.
"Donut" I find acceptable, however, as it's a shortcut, similar to "thru". 
It may even be acceptable now.

>
> Few events in history have been scarier than "nuclear" weapons coming 
> under the
> control of someone who could not pronounce the term correctly. 
> (Fortunately,
> this individual has been dispresidentified.)
Did you mean Carter or Eisenhower?

Yes, I know who you meant, but Carter was the first President that I recall 
pronouncing it incorrectly.

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