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Anyway versus Anyways
I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"? I use "anyway", and hearing the one with an "s" on the end just sounds weird to me.
I wonder if the same people who say "anyways" also say "Wal-mart's" instead just plain old "Wal-Mart", since the latter is what's actually on the building.
Damaeus
I wonder if the same people who say "anyways" also say "Wal-mart's" instead just plain old "Wal-Mart", since the latter is what's actually on the building.
Damaeus
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[nq:1]I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"? I use "anyway", and ...
- [nq:1]I never have figured it out.
- Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"?
- I use "anyway", and ...
- say "anyways" also say "Wal-mart's" instead just plain old "Wal-Mart", since the latter is what's actually on the building.
- Damaeus[/nq] I hate this one: "It's a long ways off".
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[nq:1]I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"? I use "anyway", and ... say "anyways" also say "Wal-mart's" instead just plain old "Wal-Mart", since the latter is what's actually on the building. Damaeus[/nq]
I hate this one: "It's a long ways off".
qt
I hate this one: "It's a long ways off".
qt
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[nq:1]I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"? I use "anyway", and hearing the one with an "s" on the end just sounds weird to me.[/nq]
I often say anyways, but since I'm 8, I've always considered it a colloquialism, or whatever I used for colloquialism before I knoew that word.
I also say Howdy, which is not incorrect, but it's all part of my
I often say anyways, but since I'm 8, I've always considered it a colloquialism, or whatever I used for colloquialism before I knoew that word.
I also say Howdy, which is not incorrect, but it's all part of my
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[nq:2]I never have figured it out. Why do some people ... an "s" on the end just sounds weird to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]I often say anyways, but since I'm 8, Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are ... in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 7 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years[/nq]
You're "8" and you've lived in all those places?
[nq:2]I never have figured it out. Why do some people ... an "s" on the end just sounds weird to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]I often say anyways, but since I'm 8, Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are ... in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 7 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years[/nq]
You're "8" and you've lived in all those places?
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[nq:1]I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"?[/nq]
I think it's left-pondian with the s.
Pablo
I think it's left-pondian with the s.
Pablo
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[nq:2]I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's left-pondian with the s.[/nq]
Not everywhere over here in the states. I've never even left North America, and I don't say "anyways". Tom Wopat said "anyways" on an episode of /The Dukes of Hazzard/. lol
Damaeus
[nq:2]I never have figured it out. Why do some people use "anyway", while some use "anyways"?[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it's left-pondian with the s.[/nq]
Not everywhere over here in the states. I've never even left North America, and I don't say "anyways". Tom Wopat said "anyways" on an episode of /The Dukes of Hazzard/. lol
Damaeus
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[nq:1]You're "8" and you've lived in all those places?[/nq]
I've always been even more amazed that he was born in all of them.
Honestly, every time I read that signature, even taking into account that Western PA is first on the list, I wonder again whether English is his first language or not.
¬R
I've always been even more amazed that he was born in all of them.
Honestly, every time I read that signature, even taking into account that Western PA is first on the list, I wonder again whether English is his first language or not.
¬R
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[nq:2]I think it's left-pondian with the s.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not everywhere over here in the states. I've never even left North America, and I don't say "anyways".[/nq]
I don't think that was his point, though it was that whilst both forms exist in left-pondia, the pluralised form isn't (AFAIAA) found at all in right-pondia.
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
[nq:1]Not everywhere over here in the states. I've never even left North America, and I don't say "anyways".[/nq]
I don't think that was his point, though it was that whilst both forms exist in left-pondia, the pluralised form isn't (AFAIAA) found at all in right-pondia.
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]On 05 Mar 2010, Damaeus wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Not everywhere over here in the states. I've never even left North America, and I don't say "anyways".[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think that was his point, though it was that whilst both forms exist in left-pondia, the pluralised form isn't (AFAIAA) found at all in right-pondia.[/nq]
"Anyways up, I were sayin' as 'ow..." is not unknown in NW Engla
[nq:2]Not everywhere over here in the states. I've never even left North America, and I don't say "anyways".[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think that was his point, though it was that whilst both forms exist in left-pondia, the pluralised form isn't (AFAIAA) found at all in right-pondia.[/nq]
"Anyways up, I were sayin' as 'ow..." is not unknown in NW Engla
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I never go 'anyways' though I someimes go 'anyway'.
I think this is a bit of a throwback to the few illiterates amongst those who made their way over on the Mayflower, isn't it?
http://220.9.51.88/phpBB3/index.php
I think this is a bit of a throwback to the few illiterates amongst those who made their way over on the Mayflower, isn't it?
http://220.9.51.88/phpBB3/index.php
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[nq:2]You're "8" and you've lived in all those places?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've always been even more amazed that he was born in all of them. Honestly, every time I read that signature, even taking into account that Western PA is first on the list, I wonder again whether English is his first language or not.[/nq]
Maybe it's memories of this lifetime, and four previous lifetimes: r
[nq:2]You're "8" and you've lived in all those places?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've always been even more amazed that he was born in all of them. Honestly, every time I read that signature, even taking into account that Western PA is first on the list, I wonder again whether English is his first language or not.[/nq]
Maybe it's memories of this lifetime, and four previous lifetimes: r
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