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niyad

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15. But there are many words in common usage in American english that

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:22 AM

22 hrs ago

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

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Who uses 'whilst ' in America [View all] dalton99a Yesterday OP

Imagine Fox, aka Goebellsvision if Kerry, Obama, Biden or Harris had used the word "Whilst?" Chasstev365 Yesterday #1

Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet Yesterday #2

Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 15 hrs ago #18

+1. Archive of his previous posts shows 819 for "while" and 0 for "whilst" dalton99a 13 hrs ago #28

He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people". Solly Mack Yesterday #3

I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 22 hrs ago #16

He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had Solly Mack 22 hrs ago #17

AI co-author. OC375 Yesterday #4

The word "whilst" is a Britishism. wnylib 6 hrs ago #34

Yes, it is. OC375 5 hrs ago #36

AI sounds about right. wnylib 4 hrs ago #37

covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib Yesterday #5

"nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House" pat_k Yesterday #6

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

I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 23 hrs ago #8

Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #9

British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump. Celerity 22 hrs ago #10

I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 22 hrs ago #11

I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 22 hrs ago #12

I was going to ask the same thing. Raine1967 7 hrs ago #31

Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 22 hrs ago #13

But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 22 hrs ago #15

Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English. CTyankee 15 hrs ago #23

I'm American and I use it obamanut2012 13 hrs ago #26

It's actually a nice word. I like it! CTyankee 12 hrs ago #29

In all honesty, I started using it in high school obamanut2012 7 hrs ago #30

It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 22 hrs ago #14

Glorification of violence William Seger 15 hrs ago #19

The Captain SocialDemocrat61 15 hrs ago #20

I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 15 hrs ago #21

!!! niyad 15 hrs ago #22

Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 15 hrs ago #24

I do. I apologise for nothing. Seeking Serenity 13 hrs ago #25

Oh NOW it's "the People's House" underpants 13 hrs ago #27

Trump seems highly, highly unlikely to use this term senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #32

I do but I'm nerdy like that. BlueTsunami2018 7 hrs ago #33

Sort of common British usage but not here in the USA. Makes me kind of Wonder is his new assistant Brit who knows? msfiddlestix 6 hrs ago #35