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Who uses 'whilst ' in America (Original Post) dalton99a 20 hrs ago OP
Imagine Fox, aka Goebellsvision if Kerry, Obama, Biden or Harris had used the word "Whilst?" Chasstev365 20 hrs ago #1
Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet 20 hrs ago #2
Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 11 hrs ago #18
+1. Archive of his previous posts shows 819 for "while" and 0 for "whilst" dalton99a 8 hrs ago #28
He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people". Solly Mack 20 hrs ago #3
I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 17 hrs ago #16
He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had Solly Mack 17 hrs ago #17
AI co-author. OC375 20 hrs ago #4
The word "whilst" is a Britishism. wnylib 2 hrs ago #34
Yes, it is. OC375 1 hr ago #36
covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib 20 hrs ago #5
"nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House" pat_k 20 hrs ago #6
Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)?? Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #7
I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 19 hrs ago #8
Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 19 hrs ago #9
British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump. Celerity 18 hrs ago #10
I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 18 hrs ago #11
I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 18 hrs ago #12
I was going to ask the same thing. Raine1967 3 hrs ago #31
Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 17 hrs ago #13
But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 17 hrs ago #15
Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English. CTyankee 11 hrs ago #23
I'm American and I use it obamanut2012 9 hrs ago #26
It's actually a nice word. I like it! CTyankee 8 hrs ago #29
In all honesty, I started using it in high school obamanut2012 3 hrs ago #30
It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 17 hrs ago #14
Glorification of violence William Seger 11 hrs ago #19
The Captain SocialDemocrat61 11 hrs ago #20
I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 11 hrs ago #21
!!! niyad 11 hrs ago #22
Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 10 hrs ago #24
I do. I apologise for nothing. Seeking Serenity 9 hrs ago #25
Oh NOW it's "the People's House" underpants 9 hrs ago #27
Trump seems highly, highly unlikely to use this term senseandsensibility 3 hrs ago #32
I do but I'm nerdy like that. BlueTsunami2018 2 hrs ago #33
Sort of common British usage but not here in the USA. Makes me kind of Wonder is his new assistant Brit who knows? msfiddlestix 2 hrs ago #35

Chasstev365

(8,242 posts)
1. Imagine Fox, aka Goebellsvision if Kerry, Obama, Biden or Harris had used the word "Whilst?"
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:34 PM
20 hrs ago

leftstreet

(41,314 posts)
2. Some young intern trying to look educated
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:36 PM
20 hrs ago

...whilst proving Trump doesn't scribe his own tweets

Solly Mack

(97,330 posts)
3. He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people".
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:37 PM
20 hrs ago

Tanuki

(16,546 posts)
16. I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane,"
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:23 AM
17 hrs ago

and always assumed it was something he picked up unconsciously from his Scottish mum.

Solly Mack

(97,330 posts)
17. He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:34 AM
17 hrs ago

a lot of influence on him.

OC375

(1,141 posts)
36. Yes, it is.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 05:46 PM
1 hr ago

AI does weird things with language sometimes. Having to change "weird" words after AI composes something is not uncommon at all. I think the guy spits stuff into an AI of some sort and it puts his words into writing for his posts.

pat_k

(14,097 posts)
6. "nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House"
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:51 PM
20 hrs ago

For GOOD F-ing reason you psychopath.

You turned "The People's House" into a ruin and a forum for savage, brutal, and often bloody violence no child in America should be exposed to. And you offer the world this, as a "celebration" of America?

I have no words.

Jack Valentino

(5,274 posts)
7. Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)??
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:00 PM
20 hrs ago

I myself may have used it in the past, although extremely rarely---
but I would congratulate Donald upon expanding his vocabulary in this instance!!!

(Mostly his stock of words is degrading in the other direction....)

mwmisses4289

(4,876 posts)
9. Several of my friends and i do occassionally.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:02 AM
19 hrs ago

Of course, most of us are well read, theatre, science, music and art nerds, so not sure that means anything about our using it.

Celerity

(55,109 posts)
10. British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:43 AM
18 hrs ago

niyad

(134,440 posts)
12. I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:08 AM
18 hrs ago

Roosevelt boxed, and loved to challenge people. A fact that had to be presented to the intellectually incurious/illiterate orange tub of diseased flab and make-up. But, hey, since you brought it up, oh mighty one, perfect physical specimen that you are, let us see YOU in the ring, with a professional boxer of my choosing.

niyad

(134,440 posts)
15. But there are many words in common usage in American english that
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:22 AM
17 hrs ago

are foreign, and yet commonly used. Pizza comes immediately to mind.

CTyankee

(68,549 posts)
23. Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:07 AM
11 hrs ago

That's the way I see it. No biggie.

CTyankee

(68,549 posts)
29. It's actually a nice word. I like it!
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:49 AM
8 hrs ago

Hubby would roll his eyes if I started using it tho...

obamanut2012

(29,582 posts)
30. In all honesty, I started using it in high school
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 03:55 PM
3 hrs ago

And started using a fountain pen, after I watched Brideshead Revisited. I rarely speak it, but us eit in writing a decent amount.

William Seger

(12,547 posts)
19. Glorification of violence
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:53 AM
11 hrs ago

... is NOT "one of the Most Entertaining Nights in American History" to evolved humans.

BlueTsunami2018

(5,099 posts)
33. I do but I'm nerdy like that.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 04:34 PM
2 hrs ago

In confident that he doesn’t write ninety percent of the things that get posted by his account. The tells are the misspellings and terrible grammar.

He didn’t write this.

msfiddlestix

(8,186 posts)
35. Sort of common British usage but not here in the USA. Makes me kind of Wonder is his new assistant Brit who knows?
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 05:00 PM
2 hrs ago
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