whenever for when
whenever for when
Here in rural Kentucky sometimes you will hear people say "whenever" in place of when most people would say "when." Does anyone else do that?
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- Grand Panjandrum
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Welcome to the board AP!
We had to get rid of UPI to get you in but that's OK.
I'd like to hear examples too. If you think about it the two are not far apart. Our ancestor German uses wenn in the sense of if or in the event of.
AP, there are all sorts of dissections of certain words and experessions down in the list on this topic- feel free to resurrect any of them with local comparisons whenever you like.
We had to get rid of UPI to get you in but that's OK.
I'd like to hear examples too. If you think about it the two are not far apart. Our ancestor German uses wenn in the sense of if or in the event of.
AP, there are all sorts of dissections of certain words and experessions down in the list on this topic- feel free to resurrect any of them with local comparisons whenever you like.
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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whatever
In Texas we say "whenever" when perhaps "when" would do just as well. "Whenever I get up in the morning, I eat a bowl of grits"
To say "whatever" as a response to someone's expressed opinion is rude in my book.
But you can say, "Julie, whatever possessed you to choose puce paint for your walls?" This is only mildly offensive. If you throw a "bless your heart" in the sentence then all offensiveness will be erased.
Philip Hudson
To say "whatever" as a response to someone's expressed opinion is rude in my book.
But you can say, "Julie, whatever possessed you to choose puce paint for your walls?" This is only mildly offensive. If you throw a "bless your heart" in the sentence then all offensiveness will be erased.
Philip Hudson
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