I first noticed this trend with this video from the YouTuber Wendigoon. I reckon this is where a lot of people weee exposed as well, as it has a very high view count. All throughout the video he uses "whenever", I've just linked one example directly. Could it have been popularized outside of Scots-irish communities through this very video?

I created this sub because I noticed a sharp increase in people using "whenever" incorrectly in a sentence and I found it incredibly strange. By using "whenever" people are explicitly altering the meaning of a statement. This isn't a rhetorical tool like using "literally" when "figuratively" would be more accurate, but just wrong. I hope people will use this as a space to discuss this phenomenon.

This YouTube short was what finally made me want to create this sub. I don't know why, as I had heard this several times before, but this was the one that made me go through with it.

I swear to God it boils my insides when people use "whenever" incorrectly.

Im glad theres a place where I can talk about it more