It's not just you, it's a lot of people, but unlike most grammar/word modifications it doesn't really make sense to me. Most of the time the modification shortens the word in some way rather than lengthening it. I could be wrong, but I don't remember people writing or saying "anyway" with an added "s" in anyway but ironically 10-15 years ago, and I'm curious where it may be coming from.

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

https://grammarist.com/usage/anyways/

Although considered informal, anyways is not wrong. In fact, there is much precedent in English for the adverbial -s suffix, which was common in Old and Middle English and survives today in words such as towards, once, always, and unawares. But while these words survive from a period of English in which the adverbial -s was common, anyways is a modern construction (though it is now several centuries old).

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Schrödinger's word. Both new and old, lol

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

I also write anyways that way, and so does everyone I know, I think it's a regional thing

[–] simple@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess I'm used to saying it since I spent a long time not knowing it's the wrong pronunciation for it.

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Interesting. Thanks.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Don't pick on the parseltongue.