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

Mon Sep 10 15:17:09 PDT 2012

Peter Morin and Dr. Martine Reid are perfectly aware that "Irregardless" is
improper english; that is why they say it irregardless of that fact.

peter thompson

Managing Director

Two Rivers Gallery

 <http://www.tworiversgallery.ca/> www.tworiversgallery.ca

- How important are the visual arts in our society? I feel strongly that the
visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance. Of course I could be
prejudiced. I am a visual art.

Kermit the Frog

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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
<http://www.btb.gc.ca/btb.php?lang=eng&cont=291> &cont=291

On 7 September 2012 15:23, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.
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Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour 

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. 

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) 

Drew Hayden Taylor (Ojibway) author, award-winning playwright, 

and film director in conversation with Skeena Reece (Tsimshian, 

Gitksan, Cree, Metis) performance artist. 

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. 

Presented by the Bill Reid Gallery with support from: Canada Council for 

the Arts, United States Consulate General Vancouver, SFU Vancouver and 

SFU Office for Aboriginal Peoples. 

Carrying on "Irregardless": Humour in Contemporary Northwest Coast Art 

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. 

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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