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Who uses 'whilst ' in America [View all] dalton99a 12 hrs ago OP
Imagine Fox, aka Goebellsvision if Kerry, Obama, Biden or Harris had used the word "Whilst?" Chasstev365 12 hrs ago #1
Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet 12 hrs ago #2
Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 2 hrs ago #18
+1. Archive of his previous posts shows 819 for "while" and 0 for "whilst" dalton99a 18 min ago #28
He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people". Solly Mack 12 hrs ago #3
I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 9 hrs ago #16
He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had Solly Mack 9 hrs ago #17
AI co-author. OC375 11 hrs ago #4
covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #5
"nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House" pat_k 11 hrs ago #6
Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)?? Jack Valentino 11 hrs ago #7
I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 11 hrs ago #8
Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 10 hrs ago #9
British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump. Celerity 9 hrs ago #10
I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 9 hrs ago #11
I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 9 hrs ago #12
Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 9 hrs ago #13
But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 9 hrs ago #15
Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English. CTyankee 2 hrs ago #23
I'm American and I use it obamanut2012 50 min ago #26
It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 9 hrs ago #14
Glorification of violence William Seger 2 hrs ago #19
The Captain SocialDemocrat61 2 hrs ago #20
I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 2 hrs ago #21
!!! niyad 2 hrs ago #22
Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 2 hrs ago #24
I do. I apologise for nothing. Seeking Serenity 53 min ago #25
Oh NOW it's "the People's House" underpants 48 min ago #27
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