How come the msq keeps using big words?

[Iscah]

Anyroad is still in use in fact. It's a regular daily expression where I live (Yorkshire in the UK) it means 'be that as it may' As in "anyroad I don't care what you say, I'm still going'. A variant is 'anyroadup'. And some folks around here also say mayhap (well, it's more like may'ap) or sometimes just 'happen'. As in "happen she'll come" instead of "maybe she'll come". So a lot of what may sound archaic to some is just local dialect to others. Broad Yorkshire, like Broad Geordie or broad Potteries, is practically a foreign language.

Ah, cool. I've never heard it used outside of the game, but it's clearly an equivalent to "anyway" with a similar construction and logical meaning, especially in context.