to think that "somewhen" IS NOT a word!

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OK - so I know there are a couple of other threads going just now about annoying turns of phrase that people hear, but I HAVE to get this off my chest...

My MIL ends every phonecall (or answer phone message) saying that she'll talk to us "somewhen else". I get SOOOOO irked by it, but my husband just doens't get it - he thinks it's a perfectly normal thing to say. (although I've never actually heard him say it) It's NOT a word! It doesn't make any sort of grammatical sense! It should be banned!!!!

"leave go"!! I can't bear it "Let go" for goodness sake

I'd say it has the same/similar grammatical sense as sometimes/sometime". I'd take it to 'mean at some point'.
Might well be dialectical.

It is a word, according to my dictionary.

I've never heard it - just looked up here apparently it is a recognised synonym for 'sometime'.

Who knew? Where are your MIL and DH from - does sound like a regional quirk

Sorry, 2plus, it is, though I've never heard it.

OED: 'At some (indefinite or unknown) time; sometime or other. Common in 19th cent. Usu. coupled with somewhere or somehow.' Last recorded use in the dictionary is 1975, first 1297.

I agree that it's perhaps regional. Where does MIL come from?

They are from the South of England - Sussex.

I've never heard it before, but I think it's great. If you can have 'somewhere' and 'somehow', then you should be able have 'somewhen'.

You can object to it on dialectal grounds (which I suspect is what this is) but you can't argue it's not logical or grammatical.

It's not but it should be.

If we all use it often enough it will become common usage, maybe not tomorrow but somewhen soon .

I remember 'somewhen' from when I lived on the IOW - used a lot there.

t'is indeed a colloquialism, lots of my family use it

and lots of my family use 'do he' instead of 'does he'

i love it, makes us part of the furniture instead of a tourist

Funny you should say they are from Sussex, I've lived in Sussex for 20 years and have only ever heard it said here!

I even met a British woman in Italy and as soon as she said somewhen I knew where she came from lol!!

never heard of that one.....but "innit" gets right on my pip - goaw knows why some people have to end their sentences with it!

I lived in Sussex and it was used a lot. I quite like it.

Every local says that where I live!

I think you should only use it if you are travelling with The Doctor.

'He said he'd come pick me up in the TARDIS somewhen.'

Somewhen and anywhen are in common everyday use in the west country, Wiltshire, the Isle of Wight and especially in sussex. This was the common phrase until it fell out of favour in some areas in the 19th century. I'm from East Sussex and everyone I know uses it. "What time did that happen" Somewhen on Friday night". "Can you do the meeting on Thursday?" Sorry, I can do anywhen else except Thursday" "OK i'll arrange it for somewhen else" It would sound weird for me for someone to say anything else!

Never heard it before. Will use it from now on.

Very common in Hampshire too. It was only when I went to uni and people started looking at me 🧐 that I realised that it was not a universally used word.

Not come across before but I like it and ir makes sense to me