http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=94914
Were you raised by Elizebthan peasants? Whilst is not even a real word anymore. Please tell me you don’t go around in real life talking like a copy of the King James Bible. Thou needest to get with the times bucko. Why are you destroying the beauty of our language.
Huh?
Whilst is still standard English. So are hither, thence, and yon. You might not use them, but who are you to pronounce them dead?
Oh, please.
Didn’t you have anything worthwhile ranting about?
I really don’t care about who uses particular words in the US or the UK. It really isn’t that important. For the record, though, whilst is a perfectly valid word.
You could at least try to sound more reasonable than the idiot that started that thread.
My favorite word, which ain’t used often enough, is wont.
Sua
I’ll just post to make Sua happy, as is not ordinarily my wont.
Will’s wont was wanting wonton whilst I won a ton of wonton too.
Whilst it is my wont to truly drive the OP crazy, I think I am going to to the sensible (ha) thing here:
cite?
Whilst is a word that, while not terribly usual in America, apparently is in other countries such as England. And I submit to you that while this board is based in America, that’s no reason to require those who grew up with an English vocabulary to change it significantly if people understand what they’re saying.
Reminds me of Lorenz Hart’s song “Zip!”, sung by a pretentious, pseudo-intellectual strip-tease artist, Gypsie Rose Lee, describing her thoughts whilst giving a performance.
Zip!
English people don’t say “clerk,” they say “clark.”
Zip!
Anybody who says “clark” is a “jark.”
More lyrics here: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/4109/zip.htm
Shouldn’t that be “worthwhilst?”
andros, Enderw24, 'punha, I feel all tingly.
Sua
Well said, my good man, well said.
I think whilst is a fun card game, and trying to remove it from our language is just cruel.
Can you imagine an American saying this to an Englishman? I personally think it is so ridiculous as to be funny. However, it may have pissed off the Brit. "I say, the nerve of that Yank."
I am not English. I say “whilst” all the time. I also use “bloke”, “yonder”, and “anon” on a regular basis.
I also use “fuck off”, which sounds best when spoken with a British accent (it comes out sounding like “fu’koff”). So, Mr. Shagnasty, please do so.
Also interesting that the Brits and Aussies use the word “autumn”, whilst Americans cling to the archaic “fall”. 
Thankfully, unlike Shagnasty, most American Dopers probably don’t give a rat’s arse about this. One of the best things about this board is that I can use words like bloke, aeroplane, petrol, and mum without being corrected or asked what the fuck I’m talking about. This is in stark contrast to the net at large, where I’m forced to adopt a bland international style of English. Mum? Mom? Fuck it, I’ll keep the peace and say “mother”. Petrol? Gasoline? D’uh ok, I’ll stick to “fuel” and everyone’s happy.
So why don’t we use international English on the Dope? Because, Shagnasty old chap, it’s boring and unnecessary. If we aren’t capable of getting our brains around the tiny percentage of words which are regional rather than universal, we shouldn’t be on these boards. I enjoy the differences. To borrow a phrase from those pesky Americans: it’s all good.
There are more important things to worry about, mate.
I’m with SPOOFE. Other Anglicanisms that I use despite my American birth:
Piss off
Bloody wanker
Sod off
Arsehole
Miserable little bugger
You getting my drift here, Shagnasty
Forgot to put a “?” on the end of that last post.
Bollocks.
I am sure all our English and other proper speaking Dopers are lining up to bite you. :rolleyes:
What a dumbass rant.
:rolleyes:
Bloody wanker! Bollocks! Bugger! How could I forget gems such as these?
TheLoadedDog: You left out “arse” in your list of examples.