Dee Dee wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
> ...
>> Steve Pope said...
>>
>>> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So somewhere in the parking lot at TJs there's a shopping cart
>>>> with two pork tenderloins in it.
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "somewhere in the parking lot"? Did you not
>>> return the cart to the cart area in front of the store?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>>
>> They have little shopping cart stalls in the parking lot as a
>> convenience to
>> the customers. An attendant gathers them up and walks them to the
>> storefront
>> every so often.
>>
>> Andy
>
> Andy, is this word, as you used it, "every" a colloquism (sp?) in your
> region?
>
> I've heard so many say "every," in this context, as well as "ever,"
> so I don't know which is a colloquism and which is not, at this point.
>
> It's almost like the word, "nevertheless."

'Every so often' is commonly used in UK, as is, 'nevertheless'