Comments on: Anyway, Any Way, or Anyways?

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:01:50 +0000

Jonathan: this is what it says if you Google “anyways definition”:

US and Canadian a nonstandard word for anyway

I hate it!!!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:45:03 +0000

Mayor Bloomberg (NYC) always says “Anyways” it drives me crazy!

Others are:

Don’t ya: Don’t ya want to go to the movies?

Yer instead of your, Yer sister is lovely.

I could care less – drives me bonkers.

ax instead of ask

Breastis instead of breasts.

Off topic, but using the word female (for a human being) instead of woman. This is not incorrect, but it pulls out all my feathers.

My teacher is a female. Instead of, my teacher is a woman. Just a pet peeve of mine.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:24:07 +0000

I hate when people say “anyways” as well. Has anyone noticed that Adam Sandler says it a billion times in all of his movies?

By: Daysleeper

Daysleeper — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:00:18 +0000

I now know “anyways” is incorrect, but it sounds so much nicer. I am very educated, and I lived at a college for the last four years. I interacted with faculty and fellow students on a daily basis. Still, I heared “anyways” quite often. The only person who ever corrected me on it was my mother, but she grew up in Jamaica, where the people speak a dialect of British English. I always assumed she said “anyway” for the same reason she said “aluMINium”.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:45:59 +0000

The word is, ANYWAY…period. When people say “anyways”, it makes them sound uneducated.
Here’s are some other slaughtered words:
Tooken…”I’ve tooken my children to see the movie”. Should be TAKEN.
Exspecially…”I love chocolate, exspecially on ice cream”. Should be ESPECIALLY.
Expresso…”I drink expresso every morning”. Should be ESPRESSO.
Irregardless…”You bought the purse, irregardless of the high price”. Should be REGARDLESS.