I guess I’m used to saying it since I spent a long time not knowing it’s the wrong pronunciation for it.
Weird completely unrelated question. Do you have any idea why you write “Anyway” as “Anyways”?
It’s not just you, it’s a lot of people, but unlike most grammar/word modifications it doesn’t really make sense to me. Most of the time the modification shortens the word in some way rather than lengthening it. I could be wrong, but I don’t remember people writing or saying “anyway” with an added “s” in anyway but ironically 10-15 years ago, and I’m curious where it may be coming from.
emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Although considered informal, anyways is not wrong. In fact, there is much precedent in English for the adverbial -s suffix, which was common in Old and Middle English and survives today in words such as towards, once, always, and unawares. But while these words survive from a period of English in which the adverbial -s was common, anyways is a modern construction (though it is now several centuries old).
TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Schrödinger’s word. Both new and old, lol
Mac@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Don’t pick on the parseltongue.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I also write anyways that way, and so does everyone I know, I think it’s a regional thing