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In standard British English and Australian English, whilst is a conjunction synonymous with while. In American English and Canadian English, whilst is considered pretentious or archaic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilst

saxitoxin wrote:

In standard British English and Australian English, whilst is a conjunction synonymous with while. In American English and Canadian English, whilst is considered pretentious or archaic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilst

I enjoy flavouring my speech with words I don't hear often here, but one I have never mastered is whilst. Other than (I presume) Pedro, who else uses this word? Are you experiencing enjoyment using it? While I don't use it, I am enjoying the sensation it creates in my mouth as my tongue flutters rapidly over the lst. It is curious and titillating, causing feelings of great delight.

Symmetry wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:

In standard British English and Australian English, whilst is a conjunction synonymous with while. In American English and Canadian English, whilst is considered pretentious or archaic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilst

I enjoy flavouring my speech with words I don't hear often here, but one I have never mastered is whilst. Other than (I presume) Pedro, who else uses this word? Are you experiencing enjoyment using it? While I don't use it, I am enjoying the sensation it creates in my mouth as my tongue flutters rapidly over the lst. It is curious and titillating, causing feelings of great delight.

A thread targeting Pedro? Really?

Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People

You've lost your touch old man.

saxitoxin wrote:

Symmetry wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:

In standard British English and Australian English, whilst is a conjunction synonymous with while. In American English and Canadian English, whilst is considered pretentious or archaic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilst

I enjoy flavouring my speech with words I don't hear often here, but one I have never mastered is whilst. Other than (I presume) Pedro, who else uses this word? Are you experiencing enjoyment using it? While I don't use it, I am enjoying the sensation it creates in my mouth as my tongue flutters rapidly over the lst. It is curious and titillating, causing feelings of great delight.

A thread targeting Pedro? Really?

Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People

You've lost your touch old man.

Sorry, to clarify, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of using whilst. I regret if my message was so construed or if there's a back-story to the word of which I'm unaware. I thought my positive support of the word in my original message should have waylaid any jerking of knees that might result but I suppose I didn't calculate for every variable.

I believe diversity of tongue is wonderful and lament the homogenization of language. I say I presume Pedro uses whilst in the same way I might say I presume Pedro has two arms. It was intended as a neutral statement.

My apologies if you - or anyone else - was offended.

Symmetry wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:

Symmetry wrote:

saxitoxin wrote:

In standard British English and Australian English, whilst is a conjunction synonymous with while. In American English and Canadian English, whilst is considered pretentious or archaic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whilst

I enjoy flavouring my speech with words I don't hear often here, but one I have never mastered is whilst. Other than (I presume) Pedro, who else uses this word? Are you experiencing enjoyment using it? While I don't use it, I am enjoying the sensation it creates in my mouth as my tongue flutters rapidly over the lst. It is curious and titillating, causing feelings of great delight.

A thread targeting Pedro? Really?

Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People

You've lost your touch old man.

Sorry, to clarify, I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of using whilst. I regret if my message was so construed or if there's a back-story to the word of which I'm unaware. I thought my positive support of the word in my original message should have waylaid any jerking of knees that might result but I suppose I didn't calculate for every variable.

I believe diversity of tongue is wonderful and lament the homogenization of language. I say I presume Pedro uses whilst in the same way I might say I presume Pedro has two arms. It was intended as a neutral statement.

My apologies if you - or anyone else - was offended.

Disappointed, Saxi, I was disappointed. I remember back in the day when you were the happiness czar, I remember when you'd try to cheer people up, and occasionally ask for foreigners to be banned, I remember when posting criticisms of your posts would earn a valuable pm rebuke from OwenShooter.

What have you become?

You're better than this. You just have to be better than this.

saxitoxin wrote:Again, I'm sorry I was not aware if there was a backstory to this word that somehow implicates those who use it. I have edited my original post to remove Pedronicus' name. Owing to a minor legal misunderstanding, I have not been to the UK or EU since 1991 and I was not aware discussion of this conjunction had become an offensive topic. If anyone would like to report me to the Valued Mods I will plead guilty.

Symmetry wrote:you're not in any kind of legal trouble

saxitoxin wrote:

Symmetry wrote:you're not in any kind of legal trouble

LMAO, if that's true there's a certain lawyer who shall remain nameless (*cough* Karl-Heinz "K" *cough*) who's gonna be sorely disappointed when Saxi and three heavyset Bulgarian gentlemen arrive in Dahlem looking for 19 years worth of retainers back!

Army of GOD wrote:Only punks use the word whilst.

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saxitoxin wrote:What about stickybeak? Does anyone, other than RadioJake [CENSORED BY ORDERS OF SYMMETRY], use the word stickybeak? What does it mean? It sounds very salacious and R-rated.