Re: Re: anyway(s)

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 6/18/03 10:28:00 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


> >I heard this morning a radio personality use anyways several times.  My
> >use is anyway, I think.
> >
> >In DARE the entry is designated "now chiefly Sth, S Midl."  The radio
> >personality was born and bread in New York City.
> >
> >I notice that anywheres does not have any regional restriction.
> >
> >Comments?
> 
> My impression is that it correlates with informality rather than
> region.  I've heard it in the northeast.
> 
> larry
> 

I just got back from Sydney, Australia, where ANYWAYS is alive and well.