Where did it come from and whyyyyy?! it's SO annoying.
2007-01-22 15:21:50 · 9 answers · asked by melon_rose 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
All language is in a constant state of change. The English of today is not the same as English of even 100 years ago.
Every generations, mine included, has added words to the language as well as altered the use of existing words.
I'm 41, and how my generation used words, wasn't how my parents generation may have used those same words. How my parents generation used certain words, is not always how their parents generations did. I know this is true, because I have asked people my parents age and people in their seventies, eighties and a few in their nineties.
It's often annoying to people over 30 how those younger then them speak. People of all generations need to have a comon way of speaking professionally and in business, but in their daily life it's part of the language evolution and no one can stop it.
As long as people do not use racial slurs or offensive language such as words commonly considered curse words, then we all need to learn to live and let live.
I say 'you know' frequently in my casual speaking. People my age and younger don't even notice it unless they are perfectionist or English majors. Yet, older people have told me that saying that, to them is offensive, because they take it, not all of them take it this way, but many take it as the person speaking assuming that the person they are speaking to doesn't understand them. They take it as actually asking them if they know or understand what you are saying, which isn't how I use it or mean it. It's used by me and many others who say it during a conversation to mean that we believe what we are talking about they do understand, so we don't need to explain it. If they don't understand, then we expect them to say, no, in fact I don't understand.
Change is the one thing in life that we can always count on.
2007-01-22 15:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mountain Bear 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"It is only a slang expression, no matter how you say it. That is the way I see it, anywho.
And to Ruth. Anyhow is also lousy English. "
What gives you the idea it is lousy English? It has been in English for about 300 years and has been used by some excellent writers. It is not slang and is a perfectly good word.
2007-01-23 00:24:07 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, prepare to be annoyed. It is only a slang expression, no matter how you say it. That is the way I see it, anywho.
And to Ruth. Anyhow is also lousy English.
2007-01-22 23:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by bob h 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If comes from people that did not learn good english.
2007-01-22 23:28:56 · answer #4 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyhoo is easier to say than anyhow. anyhow sounds so...weird.
2007-01-22 23:33:27 · answer #5 · answered by love&&life 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's just the way some people talk, but anywho, see ya......
2007-01-22 23:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by ♫ frosty ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it probably started with some little old person's incorrect annunciation which was striking to somebody else ......and there you have it. it is just another cliche.
2007-01-22 23:29:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well.... its just a cuter and cooler way to say it.
anyways is so......:(....not interesting
but the other words sound cute and funny.
2007-01-23 00:10:57 · answer #8 · answered by Queen Of Persia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because their brains had a glitch and then paused a decade ago.
2007-01-22 23:31:53 · answer #9 · answered by Learning Conformity 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋