whenever

[Bethany K. Dumas]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Laurence Horn wrote:

>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.

I have heard (Ozarks, Ap) only everwhen, everwhich, everwhat. I have
never heard any any- combos.

Bethany