whilst = 'whether'

[Tom Zurinskas]

"Whilst" is British.  Nobody says it in USA.  I assume it means "while" not "whether."



Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ 
see truespel.com phonetic spelling


 
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> This resonates with me, but I can't pin down where I might have seen
> (and I'm pretty sure it was seen not heard) this. Perhaps in some
> piece of British fiction from a dialect speaker--the form was
> _whiles_. I can feel myself translating it as _if_.
> 
> Barbara
> 
> Barbara Need
> Chicago
> 
> On 13 Mar 2010, at 9:15 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> 
> > 2009 Alex Jack http://kubrickfilms.tripod.com/id37.html : Film noir
> > style
> > always suggested that there was something, some force, whilst it be
> > government conspiracy, criminal conspiracy or just "fate," that
> > encompassed
> > the protagonist.
> >
> > The author's email address appears to be at Utah State University.
> > He writes
> > clear academic prose.
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