IRREGARDLESS or REGARDLESS

Regardless of what you may have read in the net or the newspapers, "Irregardless" is another common redundancy in English. The suffix "less" already makes the word negative. Hence, the addition of "ir" makes it a double negative. It does sound better though. Like Irrespective, irregularly or irrefutable. However, it is unacceptable in proper English. Although it is widely condemned in the American references, it has found its way into some American Dicitonaries. For instance, my Webster's New World Dictionary defines IRREGARDLESS as REGARDLESS - a non standard or humorous usage. It is also listed in the American Heritage Dictionary. The word is not found in English dictionaries.