| ▲ | spaghettifythis 8 hours ago |
| Not op, but I often do say 'whilst' out loud. It feels more structured and certain than 'while', which feels floppier as a word. |
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| ▲ | skinfaxi 8 hours ago | parent [-] |
| It's to be used when the word that follows begins with a vowel sound. |
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| ▲ | moi2388 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Is it? Do you have a source for this? Afaik ‘while’ is often used in US English and ‘whilst’ in British English. | | |
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| ▲ | finghin 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | both are definitely used in modern British English, but whilst is strange to my ears as I grew up in Ireland |
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