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dalton99a

(95,747 posts) Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:31 PM 19 hrs ago

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Who uses 'whilst ' in America [View all] dalton99a 19 hrs ago OP

Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet 19 hrs ago #2

Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 10 hrs ago #18

I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 16 hrs ago #16

AI co-author. OC375 19 hrs ago #4

The word "whilst" is a Britishism. wnylib 1 hr ago #34

Yes, it is. OC375 13 min ago #36

covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib 19 hrs ago #5

Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)?? Jack Valentino 18 hrs ago #7

I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 18 hrs ago #8

Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #9

I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 17 hrs ago #11

I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 16 hrs ago #12

I was going to ask the same thing. Raine1967 1 hr ago #31

Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 16 hrs ago #13

But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 16 hrs ago #15

I'm American and I use it obamanut2012 8 hrs ago #26

It's actually a nice word. I like it! CTyankee 7 hrs ago #29

In all honesty, I started using it in high school obamanut2012 2 hrs ago #30

It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 16 hrs ago #14

Glorification of violence William Seger 10 hrs ago #19

The Captain SocialDemocrat61 10 hrs ago #20

I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 10 hrs ago #21

!!! niyad 9 hrs ago #22

Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 9 hrs ago #24

I do. I apologise for nothing. Seeking Serenity 8 hrs ago #25

Oh NOW it's "the People's House" underpants 8 hrs ago #27

Trump seems highly, highly unlikely to use this term senseandsensibility 1 hr ago #32

I do but I'm nerdy like that. BlueTsunami2018 1 hr ago #33