Re: CHAT: the surprise that is at me...

DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> Apologies to Dirk. I wasn't out to disparage anyone's usage,  but the
> affirmative-anymore does seem to elicit a reaction of "bleah" or "wha?"
> among speakers east of the Mississippi
Unlike most people, it seems, I don't find it so puzzling.  I didn't
think he meant "not ... anymore".  However, it does sound interesting to
me.  What's really odd to me is the use of "whenever" where I'd normally
expect "when", that is, referring to a specific, known, incident in the
past.  One of my friends does that all the time, and I originally found
it irritating, but now, I guess, I've just gotten used to it.  :-)  Has
anyone else come upon that usage?

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