What with people who use the word "anymore" as an improper substitute for "today" or "these days"?

I have noticed that over the past couple of years and it always makes me do a double take and I think, "Did I just hear that?"

Don't get me started!! 😒

Never heard such an expression before.

Must be flyover.

It's a regional thing-- I heard it a lot when visiting my ex's family in Indiana.

I don't understand the OP. It's a common usage here in PA.

I know one person who does this. She's from New Jersey and now lives in Georgia. I figured it was her personal issue. I had no idea there are regions of people who do this anymore.

What R4 and R5 said. Unless you're handing in a report to be graded or published in a magazine, people can express themselves however they want to.

[quote]What the hell is wrong with you?

Better question - who the hell are you to call people out for the way they talk?

Do you also think that Rudy Giuliani was correct to criticize Obama for not being Christian enough and not loving America enough to suit his taste?

Probably so.. probably so.

Well, I'm British so I think the big problem is that anymore is even a word. It's two words hereabouts.

"I don't buy books anymore because I don't need any more books."

But, I suppose, if you are American, then there are two senses, as illustrated above.

So it is flyover. I never heard it, either. Must be like people I've read about on DL who say "sammich" and "skrimp." It's just "not a thing" where I live.

Fuck you anymore, OP! FUCK YOU ANYMORE!

What with people who write "What with people"?

If you talk uneducated, you are. Wise up.

If you look like a slob you are. Wise up.

If Amy Grant had wised up, her follow up to "Love Will Find a Way," would've been a hit.

Same with the word "whenever", as in "Whenever I was fifteen years old I was in High School."

I hear it mostly used in the south, but occasionally "gasp" in New England.

I feel your pain OP.

The only person I ever knew who used "anymore" that way was from Ohio. And he was an English professor who should've known better.

Evidently I have touched a nerve in R7. Why are you so bothered by what bothers me?

I've written about my distaste for this usage on DL. I am perplexed as to why people use it when it clearly doesn't make any sense. The first person I heard say this was from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I don't know whether it was the relative isolation of the location that led to this strange usage and its persistence in this person's speech. This person is educated but still persists in using "anymore" in this manner. Bizarre.

If native English speakers (not just Americans) can fuck up the language in some way, they will, OP. Many even use "as well" when they mean "either."

"I don't know him as well"

This is a whole, new, and frightening world I never knew existed! Damn you, OP!

I don't think I've ever heard it used that way.

FANK YOU, OP FOR BRINGING THIS UP!! People who use 'anymore' like that really piss me off. It just sounds so wrong. Just like when people say 'You wannna come with?' I'm thinking, 'No, I want you to finish that sentence.' Come with? WTF.

Of course it's flyover. That's why I use it. The word expresses lament over the comparison being made better than "these days."

I guess "lamentation" would be a better word.

"Whenever I was fifteen years old I was in High School."

What is that even supposed to mean?

I've only seen it used on DL. Never heard anyone say it irl.

So far, there's Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Have the rest of you never heard of "regionalisms"?

[quote]"Whenever I was fifteen years old I was in High School."

[quote]What is that even supposed to mean?

Perhaps they are unsure of [italic]when[/italic] they were fifteen? Poor sod.

I've never heard it used either. But regionalisms are what they are (like that?) not much you can do about them.

It's definitely a regionalism, like when Western Pennsylvanians say things like "it needs painted."

Gee, OP. People are starving, people are being slaughtered in the name of religion, Repugs own this country and gays are still scorned all over the world and some people say 'anymore' inappropriately. The latter being the worst offense, of course. Surely you have better ways to spend your time. If not, get a fucking life.

My first experience with it was a receptionist who came back from the store and said, "Anymore, I buy green tea for down here and Earl Gray for upstairs." I have never forgotten that sentence.

She became an ex-receptionist when, out of the blue, she started signing business correspondence with "love and respect always." She was from Portland.

[quote]an improper substitute for "today" or "these days"?

I would usually say "nowadays" in that context.

R28, what part of pointless bitchery do you not understand?

Very common where I live.

Google "regionalism," OP. If you traveled more and paid attention generally, small things like this won't have you overreacting so ridiculously.

From the site alt-usage-english.org:

Opinion concerning "anymore" vs "any more" divides roughly into three camps:

1)There is no such word as "anymore". It is simply a misspelling. 2) "Anymore" and "any more" are two ways of spelling the same thing, and the two have the same meaning. 3) There is a useful difference in meaning between the two.

About the first two camps, little more needs to be said. Either statement stands on its own and needs no elaboration.

The difference in meaning considered useful by the third camp is that "anymore" is an adverb meaning "nowadays" or "any longer", while "any more" can be either adverb plus adjective, as in "I don't want any more pie", or adjective plus noun, as in "I don't want any more."

The difference between the two meanings is illustrated in the sentence: "I don't buy books anymore because I don't need any more books."

The distinction of "any more" and "anymore" seems to be recognized by many, but not all, US users and by dictionaries published in the US. At least one British dictionary (NSOED/93) and some British users recognize "anymore" as an alternative spelling of "any more", but do not recognize a difference in meaning.

The adverb "anymore" is standard American English when it is used in a negative sense, as in "I don't do that anymore." It is a regional or dialectal usage, mostly restricted to spoken English, when it is used in a positive sense, meaning "nowadays", as in "Anymore I do that" or "I do that anymore."

It seems like the distinction between "everyday" (adjective) and "every day" (noun) has been lost. The former seems to have taken over.

I've used 'anymore' my entire life and never realized it wasn't common until someone here pointed it out. My family is from Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and spent a lot of time in Michigan so the regionalism fits.

To my ear it sounds perfectly fine. Much better than 'nowadays' which sounds like southern slang to me.

Ugh. Never heard this before, but I don't like it. Makes sense that it's a flyover thing. I just pray my ears will never be assaulted with it in person.

I'm confused.

This sounds odd:

[quote]I have noticed that quite a few things taste different anymore.

But, are you also objecting to this?

[quote]I have noticed that this brand of yogurt isn't so bland anymore.

The second one seems normal, to me, though I wouldn't say it this way (I'd say "as bland as it used to be") - but I've certainly heard that & don't find it weird... I've never heard anyone say something like the first example.

I know, right?

OP, Do you realize languages evolve over time? Do you think English is exactly the same as it was 200 years ago?

I have a co-worker (originally from upstate New York) who says this all the time. Drives me nuts!

This is a most necessary bump. This has invaded DL recently.

I have never heard this

If r41 weren't a douchebag, he'd've provided a link.

No, people have said all three consistently. I recall Jack Benny using it as a punchline

Thank God I've never heard any of these. And my family is from Texas and husband's family is strewn across the mountain states, so I know "Flyovia." Must not have made it across the Mississippi.

I'm from Boston and have always used "anymore" as an adverb.

Never heard it. I'm in CA.

I just don't know anymore.

This plague must be contained.

I’ve never heard this, thank God. With what sort of horrible people are you associating?

Fuck you any further OP! FUCK YOU ANYFURTHER!!

Fixed it for you R10

This is something up with which I will not put!

R51, do you realize you’re responding to a post almost three years old?

Anymore! Anymore!

[quote] Must be like people I've read about on DL who say "sammich" and "skrimp.

And "drug" as the past tense for "to drag." Thank god I've never heard that one IRL.

"ANYMORE!"

I use any more and anymore, but not in the way OP has it. I would say, "I used to be friends with Cheryl, but not anymore. She smells."

I’m a 30 + year resident of Chicago, but did not grow up here. I had a Chicago native friend in the early 90’s who was the first person I ever heard use “anymore” in that way. I remember it well because after hearing it from her a few times, I pointed it out and she didn’t even realize she was using the word that way. It wasn’t the last time I heard it around here and i don’t even know how common the usage is because I’m so used to hearing it.

Much worse, though, Is when when my mother started using it. She’s lived in Arizona for 40 years. In the 10 years I Iived there, I never heard this, so it seems to be spreading from the midwest. It’s worth noting that my mom is an unwitting sponge with things like this. Years ago at a point when she was working with a lot of Mexican-Americans, her pronunciation of certain words started taking on a Spanglish accent. For example, “nothing” became “KNOW-theeng.”

I don't rail against these things. I just use them to judge people. It's a handy time-saver.

You are wise, R58.

Does anyone even come up with good posts anymore? Nope.

Not since 2015, R16.

Not since 2015, R60.

Why did people stop posting on this thread anymore?

R63 you are not using it incorrectly the right way. The correct wrong way to use it would be something like, "Anymore, this thread is totally dead."

[quote] you are not using it incorrectly the right way.

Tehe.

Bump

Hearts to R55.

Yeah, the first time I heard this, I was like WTF. It was something like "People are so weird anymore." How does that even make sense to you, bitch? I'm from the Midwest and I hear it occasionally.

Positive anymore.

Anymore I don't post on this thread.

I'm going to school.

I'm going to hospital.

I'm going to library.

I'm going to church.

I'm going to mall.

English is confusing. You have to learn it by ear.

There is no authority in English, you are free to say anything you want.

One is free to say what one wants, as this usage indicates, but that doesn't make what one says appropriate.

r74 So I guess you are the one to decide? Wow how DL of you. Cunt.

He is a cunt anymore.