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Who uses 'whilst ' in America (Original Post) dalton99a 10 hrs ago OP
Imagine Fox, aka Goebellsvision if Kerry, Obama, Biden or Harris had used the word "Whilst?" Chasstev365 9 hrs ago #1
Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet 9 hrs ago #2
Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 41 min ago #18
He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people". Solly Mack 9 hrs ago #3
I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 7 hrs ago #16
He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had Solly Mack 6 hrs ago #17
AI co-author. OC375 9 hrs ago #4
covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib 9 hrs ago #5
"nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House" pat_k 9 hrs ago #6
Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)?? Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #7
I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 8 hrs ago #8
Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 8 hrs ago #9
British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump. Celerity 7 hrs ago #10
I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 7 hrs ago #11
I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 7 hrs ago #12
Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 7 hrs ago #13
But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 7 hrs ago #15
Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English. CTyankee 25 min ago #23
It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 7 hrs ago #14
Glorification of violence William Seger 39 min ago #19
The Captain SocialDemocrat61 38 min ago #20
I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 33 min ago #21
!!! niyad 29 min ago #22
Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 4 min ago #24

leftstreet

(41,312 posts)
2. Some young intern trying to look educated
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:36 PM
9 hrs ago

...whilst proving Trump doesn't scribe his own tweets

Solly Mack

(97,326 posts)
3. He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people".
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:37 PM
9 hrs ago

Tanuki

(16,545 posts)
16. I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane,"
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:23 AM
7 hrs ago

and always assumed it was something he picked up unconsciously from his Scottish mum.

Solly Mack

(97,326 posts)
17. He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:34 AM
6 hrs ago

a lot of influence on him.

pat_k

(14,088 posts)
6. "nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House"
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:51 PM
9 hrs ago

For GOOD F-ing reason you psychopath.

You turned "The People's House" into a ruin and a forum for savage, brutal, and often bloody violence no child in America should be exposed to. And you offer the world this, as a "celebration" of America?

I have no words.

Jack Valentino

(5,274 posts)
7. Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)??
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:00 PM
9 hrs ago

I myself may have used it in the past, although extremely rarely---
but I would congratulate Donald upon expanding his vocabulary in this instance!!!

(Mostly his stock of words is degrading in the other direction....)

mwmisses4289

(4,865 posts)
9. Several of my friends and i do occassionally.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:02 AM
8 hrs ago

Of course, most of us are well read, theatre, science, music and art nerds, so not sure that means anything about our using it.

Celerity

(55,108 posts)
10. British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:43 AM
7 hrs ago

niyad

(134,428 posts)
12. I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:08 AM
7 hrs ago

Roosevelt boxed, and loved to challenge people. A fact that had to be presented to the intellectually incurious/illiterate orange tub of diseased flab and make-up. But, hey, since you brought it up, oh mighty one, perfect physical specimen that you are, let us see YOU in the ring, with a professional boxer of my choosing.

niyad

(134,428 posts)
15. But there are many words in common usage in American english that
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:22 AM
7 hrs ago

are foreign, and yet commonly used. Pizza comes immediately to mind.

CTyankee

(68,547 posts)
23. Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:07 AM
25 min ago

That's the way I see it. No biggie.

William Seger

(12,547 posts)
19. Glorification of violence
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:53 AM
39 min ago

... is NOT "one of the Most Entertaining Nights in American History" to evolved humans.

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