Kevin Drum has a problem with "anyways." I suppose we all have our little peeves, but this seems pretty silly. Technically I'm sure that "anyways" isn't any more proper than "nucular," but griping against either ignores the fact that languages evolve (I should note here that "nucular" drives me crazy...). If any given word or phrase becomes established enough, then it will eventually become "proper." As my last Finnish instructor used to say, "If it sounds right to you [a native speaker], then it's right."
Posted by Jason at January 21, 2005 01:41 PM