Whilst is considered pretentious in America, though definitely a word and grammatical to use.
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I fully support your use of 'whilst' and other English-isms. Even here in Midwestern America, we understand the works of Shakespeare and quotes of Churchill. And while you're at it, throw in some British swearing. We're fascinated by it and quick adopters.
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Piss off you bloody doughnut! (What about Aussie swearing? That's me being polite, by the way
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Literally (correct usage) two tweets below this one in my timeline I found...
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Yeah, someone from America tried to pull me on 'whilst' a few weeks back as though I'd made the word up. It's the first time I realized (realised) that it was a Britishism
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I use whilst in Canada, partly because it confuses the downstairs neighbours. Canadians mostly use British phrasing and words in an effort to NOT be confused with Americans.
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We don't wanna hear any hithers and thithers either. Actually, I find it all rather charming.
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"whilst" and "amongst"... how we ferret out the sneaky Brits. ;) That and seeing who uses the collective as singular and the article before "hospital."
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As long as you don't add extra syllables to chemical elements or "U's" to words like "color" you'll pass most tests. "Whilst" will normally just get you called pretentious. Kind of like pluralizing your verbs around "data".
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I say “whilst” sometimes, but only to be whimsical.
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You talk too good for us Yankees.
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nowt rwrong with whilst
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Whilst is a great word. I use it and get weird looks all the time ;-)
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Indubitably.
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It’s just way too posh for us revolutionaries. Sorry bout that!
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I wouldn't actually say "whilst" isn't used at all here; it just sounds archaic.
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Probably, so what?
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