"until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

"Come here until I hit you on the nose" is a dialect form somewhere--NZ? Norwich?
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From: James Harbeck
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Sent: Jul 19, 2007 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "until" vs "before" or "to" (UNCLASSIFIED)

>If Gehry uses "until", the watch designers may have substituted "til"
>for reasons of space.

Not so likely -- there's room for "until" quite easily.

Of course, there may have been some editorial decision on the basis
of expected clarity or expectation.

James Harbeck.

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