amongst

[Beverly Flanigan]

And I used to assume that split also.  But I've increasingly heard
'amongst' from Americans, and esp. younger ones.  Hence my puzzlement.  (I
never hear 'whilst' from Americans, btw.)

At 08:14 PM 7/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>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