[nopardons]

There are still people who speak and write well. There are very old movies shown on TCM and AMC, there are old, very well written books for people to read, and though no one gives their children elocution lessons anymore, as was popular when my grandmother was a child,those books still can be found in libraries...not to mention on a shelf in my home. :-)

I may have have missed your point, or you may have missed mine. Are we talkikng at crossed purposes and why don't you know what Barbra Striesand stands for here on FR ?

Just who, WHO is not in a poszition to not know that "anyways" is not a word ?

[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

"Anyways" is in my copy of Random House Webster's Unabridged.

[SouthernClaire]

I don’t know what BS stands for here or anywhere else on the Internet. Sorry.

(Well, slight confession: I do know what BS stands for. And I think her views fit perfectly my definition of .... BS. :-))

I do think you locked horns with me agreeing with your stance, however. My sentiment is, and was, that some are not afforded the time, money, associates or what have you, to have their English influenced to a point of perfection.
Not sure what you meant by “WHO is not in a poszition to not know that “anyways” is not a word?” You lost me. I don’t spend as much time here as I should.

SC