Sociolinguistic Artifacts

A youtube short that discusses the use of the punctual whenever. The punctual whenever refers the the use of whenever to refer to a specific moment in time rather than a set of events and is a common behavior in speakers of Appalachian and southern dialects of english. The poster argues that criticism of the usage of this feature is rooted in standard language ideology and is deeply tied to racist, classist, and misogynistic biases.