"whenever" for "when"

[Stahlke, Herbert F.W.]

There have been two lengthy discussions of this use of "whenever", especially in the South, on ADS-L, one in October 99 and the second last January.  You can get to them from the Linguist List archive.

Herb Stahlke

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Subject: "whenever" for "when"


Hey FUNKNETters,

Has anyone out there studied the use (only among those around 25 and
younger, as far as I can tell) of "whenever" for "when"? I'm thinking of
examples like "He told me about the party whenever he called".

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Matt Juge

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