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ummmmm, I reply with utmost respect ira, but language is a dynamic tool and words change and morph because of usage. By the mid 1800s your argument for forcing the spelling of gantlet vs guantlet was dead. Gauntlet was properly used here, sorry.

Now, on your use of the word irregardless, that word brings on a particular frenzy from a friend of mine and dictionary.com has this to say about it:

"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."

let the keelhauling begin :-)

Sorry for continuing the hijacking