whenever

[Greg Pulliam]

I can attest to everwhen (used as Ron describes) in Mississippi when
I was growing up there (60s and 70s), and everwho (for whoever) as
well.  Not anywhen, though.  Everwhat, too, I think, as in "He can
get you everwhat you want."

Greg


>Ron Butters writes:
>>In a message dated 10/6/1999 5:35:49 PM, ronnieg at STARGATE.NET writes:
>>
>><< "Whenever" is used as "when" in the south, but more so by the older
>>
>>generation, I believe.  Children do hear this usage from their grandparents
>>
>>and 'learn' repeat it that way until someone tells them differently. >>
>>
>>EVERWHEN is an alternative form of WHENEVER (e.g., "You can come to my house
>>everwhen you want"); I'm a little less sure about WHENEVER for WHEN, though.
>>Could you give us an example? Would one of the old folks say, e.g., "Whenever
>>I was I little boy, we didn't have indoor plumbing"?
>
>Can you get 'anywhen' in the pretty much the same contexts and the same
>regional distribution as 'everwhen'?  It's listed in some regular and
>dialect dictionaries, but I don't have a strong handle on its use.  Of
>course there's no principled reason why we should have 'anywhere' but not
>'anywhen' in the majority dialect.
>
>Larry