[BCMA] Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour -

Fri Sep 7 22:28:11 PDT 2012

A great pity. The one-word title "Irregardless" for this exhibit is not
proper English. A quick Internet search shows that the correct wrod is
"regardless."
e.g.

*Problem*

Because we hear and see the word *irregardless* everywhere, we forget that
it is not standard English. This is hardly surprising when we consider that
*irregardless* has been in use for at least 100 years in North America.

*Solution*

Most dictionaries list *irregardless* as non-standard English and advise
against its use in speech and writing. The correct word is *regardless*.

Ref: Translation Bureau, Government of Canada
http://www.btb.gc.ca/btb.php?lang=eng&cont=291

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>   BILL REID GALLERY OF NORTHWEST COAST ART
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>   Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour
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>   A series of public programs to complement the exhibition co-curated by
>   Peter Morin and Dr. Martine Reid, Carrying on "Irregardless": Humour in
>   Contemporary Northwest Coast Art. See details below.
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>    An Evening with Drew Hayden Taylor - What Makes him Laugh?
>   Thursday, September 13, 6:00 - 8:00pm
>   Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Vancouver
>   515 Hastings Street, Vancouver
>   Admission by donation (suggested donation $5.00)
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>   Drew Hayden Taylor (Ojibway) author, award-winning playwright,
>   and film director in conversation with Skeena Reece (Tsimshian,
>   Gitksan, Cree, Metis) performance artist.
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>   Drew directed Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy Stew in 2000,
>   a documentary that asked fellow writers and Aboriginal creative
>   luminaries what makes them laugh, why Aboriginal humour, and what
>   is there to laugh about? Now we ask Drew what makes him laugh.
>   How does his creative work weave absent fathers and abandonment
>   issues into funny stuff? Screening of Redskins,Tricksters and Puppy
> Stew to follow.
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>   Presented by the Bill Reid Gallery with support from: Canada Council
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>   the Arts, United States Consulate General Vancouver, SFU Vancouver and
>   SFU Office for Aboriginal Peoples.
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>    Carrying on "Irregardless": Humour in Contemporary Northwest Coast Art
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>    Co-curated by Tahltan artist, stand-up comedian and curator,
>   Peter Morin and the Gallery's Director of Content and Research,
>   Dr. Martine Reid, "Irregardless" marks a new beginning in appreciating
>   humour in Northwest Coast indigenous art through a rich and provocative
>   range of works by 28 accomplished Northwest Coast artists.
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>    This exhibition and public program were made possible by:
>   Vancouver Foundation, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation,
>   Canada Council for the Arts, and the Hamber Foundation.
>   With additional support from United States Consulate General Vancouver,
>   Simon Fraser University and Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel.
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