# anywho? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 20, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywho/109940 "2002-05-20T14:07:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywho/109940/1 "2002-05-20T14:07:20Z")
Anywho… 😕 someone please explain the usage of this ‘word’? _Why_ would you use this instead of Any how…? Is it cutesy or is it a regionalism? It seems I am hearing it a lot lately and I just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywho/109940/2 "2002-05-20T14:55:36Z")
I rather suspect it’s “anyhoo”. I’m pretty sure I heard it first on _The Simpsons_. If “anyhow” is used to indicate that what you are about to say explains or backs up what you’ve just said, “anyhoo” indicates that you are transparently pretending that that is the case. It’s a marker for acknowledging you are changing the subject without due care and attention; a segueless segue. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywho/109940/3 "2002-05-20T14:59:01Z")
It’s bloody irritating, wherever it comes from. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywho/109940/4 "2002-05-20T15:14:07Z")
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