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[Barnhart]

laurence.horn at YALE.EDU,Net writes:

>I've always assumed it's the British (or non-U.S.) variant, like
>"whilst" vs. "while".  But maybe it's not the same split.

>Larry

Well, that's interesting.  OED equates the -t in whilst with the -t in
amongst.  The -t in both cases is added to whiles and amongs,
respectively.   (See Barnhart Dict. of Ety.; OED; and World Book Dict.)

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com