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Splicer posted:Whilst
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Angrymog posted:What's wrong with whilst?
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May 27, 2021 17:28
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Truly it is the use of whilst that is the problem, not the company partnering with the terf board
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May 27, 2021 17:49
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"Whilst we're here, let's grab some more X" Perfectly normal conversational word for me. 
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May 27, 2021 18:09
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Notahippie posted:This is an aside, but I legitimately once had a dream that included a store selling 6mm wargames that was called "microaggressions" I’m not saying I have it remotely as badly as a Black woman but as a White woman with natural curly red hair that until recently was waist length, people wanted to touch my hair ALL the time and have frequently done it without my permission. Hair can be weird, microaggressions can be weird. e: also I’m stealing your amazing dream pun and telling all my friends Arivia fucked around with this message at 18:20 on May 27, 2021 |
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May 27, 2021 18:16
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Splicer posted:I've yet to see someone use whilst who didn't immediately follow it with something horrible or cringey or both. It is the m'lady of grammar. It’s much more common in British English and doesn’t have that connotation at all since it sees general use over there.
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May 27, 2021 18:19
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Arivia posted:It’s much more common in British English
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May 27, 2021 18:26
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I am British and I hate whilst.
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May 27, 2021 19:08
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I am Americn and I hate whist.
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May 27, 2021 19:19
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How ya'll feel about thrice?
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May 27, 2021 19:21
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Whilst and whom are similar in the US in that if you use either you're a pretentious loser
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May 27, 2021 19:26
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CitizenKeen posted:How ya'll feel about thrice?
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May 27, 2021 19:36
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Also, while we're here, it's pronounced "zee" and not "zed"
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May 27, 2021 19:43
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Froghammer posted:Also, while we're here, it's pronounced "zee" and not "zed" Nah, this is one where the Americans are wrong. Zee Cee? No zee! Gee?? No, zee as in zebra! Vs "Zed"
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May 27, 2021 20:10
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CitizenKeen posted:How ya'll feel about thrice? It makes me feel fancy
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May 27, 2021 20:13
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Jimbozig posted:Nah, this is one where the Americans are wrong. Yes, but Zebra rhyming with Deborah is just wrong.
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May 27, 2021 20:28
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Jimbozig posted:Zee I have never had this happen. Perhaps there are some regional accents where it's easy to confuse those sounds?
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May 27, 2021 20:33
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Sefer posted:I have never had this happen. Perhaps there are some regional accents where it's easy to confuse those sounds? Literally every telephone conversation with a CSR... ever.
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May 27, 2021 20:34
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I work in a professional capacity with many people in Britain or who speak/write/use a derivation of British English and many of them habitually use "whilst" without prejudice. It's just considered normal, perhaps slightly fancy or formal, and doesn't carry any particular connotation of pretension or in particular serve as a warning-sign that something is about to be said that is prejudiced or awful.
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May 27, 2021 20:56
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I'm as american as most american things and I really like the word whilst.
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May 27, 2021 20:57
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I'm indifferent to whilst, "dear reader" makes me want to kill, and Mumsnet should be obliterated with Hellfire missiles.90s Cringe Rock posted:There are actual things to criticise us for.
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May 27, 2021 21:07
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CitizenKeen posted:How ya'll feel about thrice? Obie Thrice
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May 27, 2021 21:11
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Real name, no gammons
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May 27, 2021 21:36
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Jimbozig posted:Nah, this is one where the Americans are wrong. "Zulu".
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May 27, 2021 22:04
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Whilst a diversion into the variations of dialects and word choice across the Anglosphere is a colourful diversion, maybe spending an entire page talking about it in the face of a major distributor cuddling up to transphobia (and that stuff about "women's spaces" in the Mumsnet statement is packed with transphobic dogwhistles since the implicit assumption is that trans women do not legitimately have access to women's spaces) ain't the best use of our time.
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May 27, 2021 22:07
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Halloween Jack posted:I'm indifferent to whilst, "dear reader" makes me want to kill, and Mumsnet should be obliterated with Hellfire missiles. Some jobs shouldn't be half-assed. We can use much bigger weapons on Mumsnet. Better to be through than have to come back later and do it again.
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May 27, 2021 22:19
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Mumsnet Towers needs some quality cladding.
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May 27, 2021 22:22
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Warthur posted:Whilst a diversion into the variations of dialects and word choice across the Anglosphere is a colourful diversion, maybe spending an entire page talking about it in the face of a major distributor cuddling up to transphobia (and that stuff about "women's spaces" in the Mumsnet statement is packed with transphobic dogwhistles since the implicit assumption is that trans women do not legitimately have access to women's spaces) ain't the best use of our time. Mumsnet is bad and I'm glad coilspring are losing customers over it. I'm also offering even odds on them being offered an exclusivity deal on some Harry Potter themed candyland reskin.
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May 27, 2021 22:38
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Warthur posted:Whilst a diversion into the variations of dialects and word choice across the Anglosphere is a colourful diversion, maybe spending an entire page talking about it in the face of a major distributor cuddling up to transphobia (and that stuff about "women's spaces" in the Mumsnet statement is packed with transphobic dogwhistles since the implicit assumption is that trans women do not legitimately have access to women's spaces) ain't the best use of our time. Whilst you're right, I'm not sure there's much for this thread to say about it aside from "gently caress Mumsnet and gently caress coilspring for working with them."
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May 27, 2021 22:43
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Warthur posted:Whilst a diversion into the variations of dialects and word choice across the Anglosphere is a colourful diversion, maybe spending an entire page talking about it in the face of a major distributor cuddling up to transphobia (and that stuff about "women's spaces" in the Mumsnet statement is packed with transphobic dogwhistles since the implicit assumption is that trans women do not legitimately have access to women's spaces) ain't the best use of our time. i'm very sorry the internet comedy forum is shitposting
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May 27, 2021 22:58
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Leperflesh posted:It's just considered normal, perhaps slightly fancy or formal, and doesn't carry any particular connotation of pretension
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May 27, 2021 23:31
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Zereth posted:As an american, these statements seem to be contradictory. We all adopt different stylistic norms depending on the context of where we're writing and what we're writing about, reflexively and usually without thinking. Using more formal style in a more formal writing context, such as a business brief or the draft of a proposal, isn't automatically pretentious; it's just appropriate for the context.
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May 27, 2021 23:40
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English is a dumb, nonsensical language and we are all worse off for speaking it
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May 28, 2021 00:06
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:English is a dumb, nonsensical language and we are all worse off for speaking it English rules. It’s a weird mishmash of a great number of other languages and it adopts and creates new words all the time, what’s not to love?
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May 28, 2021 00:19
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thetoughestbean posted:English rules. It’s a weird mishmash of a great number of other languages and it adopts and creates new words all the time, what’s not to love? English is a creole invented by Norman mercenaries to talk Saxon barmaids into bed and it shows.
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May 28, 2021 01:21
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CitizenKeen posted:How ya'll feel about thrice? they were decent, not my favorite early 2000s post-hardcore band but they're okay
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May 28, 2021 07:21
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"Whilst" is a funny-sounding word, to me in a like personal way. This isn't a criticism of the word or people who use it. Congrats to the board game distributor for doubling down on collaborating with a bigoted mommy forum. I hope they continue to lose business for it. Jimbozig posted:Nah, this is one where the Americans are wrong. You're still going to get that with like 40% of the letters in the English alphabet that don't have dialectical differences in how they're pronounced? If you're spelling something out on the phone, you'll be doing "D as in...", "G as in...", "N as in..." the whole way through anyhow if you want to make sure it's spelled right.
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May 28, 2021 16:07
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Nuns with Guns posted:Congrats to the board game distributor for doubling down on collaborating with a bigoted mommy forum. I hope they continue to lose business for it. Spelt
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May 28, 2021 16:08
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CitizenKeen posted:How ya'll feel about thrice?
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My four year old knows the NATO alphabet, and to tie it back in to the thread, it cracks me up every time he wants to look at the monsters in my Delta & Delta books.
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