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BlueTsunami2018

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33. I do but I'm nerdy like that.

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 04:34 PM

4 hrs ago

In confident that he doesn’t write ninety percent of the things that get posted by his account. The tells are the misspellings and terrible grammar.

He didn’t write this.

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Who uses 'whilst ' in America [View all] dalton99a 22 hrs ago OP

Imagine Fox, aka Goebellsvision if Kerry, Obama, Biden or Harris had used the word "Whilst?" Chasstev365 22 hrs ago #1

Some young intern trying to look educated leftstreet 22 hrs ago #2

Yeah, and the Random Capitalization is a bit overdone William Seger 13 hrs ago #18

+1. Archive of his previous posts shows 819 for "while" and 0 for "whilst" dalton99a 10 hrs ago #28

He probably picked it up from his mother. Same as his often-used phrase, "high-quality people". Solly Mack 22 hrs ago #3

I've heard him pronounce "airplane" as "aeroplane," Tanuki 20 hrs ago #16

He appears to have sought approval from his father, but his mother seems to have had Solly Mack 19 hrs ago #17

AI co-author. OC375 22 hrs ago #4

The word "whilst" is a Britishism. wnylib 4 hrs ago #34

Yes, it is. OC375 3 hrs ago #36

AI sounds about right. wnylib 2 hrs ago #37

covfefe - that's it. NewHendoLib 22 hrs ago #5

"nothing even close to this...was even thought of for the People's House" pat_k 22 hrs ago #6

Are you saying he picked up a new word (for him)?? Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #7

I sometimes do, but I'm pretentious at times (n/t) Retrograde 21 hrs ago #8

Several of my friends and i do occassionally. mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #9

British & British Commonwealth-raised and/or educated people? Certainly not that plonker Trump. Celerity 20 hrs ago #10

I do, but I doubt he does obamanut2012 20 hrs ago #11

I want a list of all those other fights. Oh, wait a minute. Teddy niyad 20 hrs ago #12

I was going to ask the same thing. Raine1967 5 hrs ago #31

Of course not. It's a British term, IIRC. I'm not British. CTyankee 20 hrs ago #13

But there are many words in common usage in American english that niyad 20 hrs ago #15

Pizza is pizza and Italian. Whilest is a British variation of a term in English. CTyankee 13 hrs ago #23

I'm American and I use it obamanut2012 11 hrs ago #26

It's actually a nice word. I like it! CTyankee 10 hrs ago #29

In all honesty, I started using it in high school obamanut2012 5 hrs ago #30

It depends on what I am writing, or with whom I am speaking. niyad 20 hrs ago #14

Glorification of violence William Seger 13 hrs ago #19

The Captain SocialDemocrat61 13 hrs ago #20

I'll try. Trump shat himself whilst posting this nonsense. Swede 13 hrs ago #21

!!! niyad 13 hrs ago #22

Well played, Swede! COL Mustard 12 hrs ago #24

I do. I apologise for nothing. Seeking Serenity 11 hrs ago #25

Oh NOW it's "the People's House" underpants 11 hrs ago #27

Trump seems highly, highly unlikely to use this term senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #32

I do but I'm nerdy like that. BlueTsunami2018 4 hrs ago #33

Sort of common British usage but not here in the USA. Makes me kind of Wonder is his new assistant Brit who knows? msfiddlestix 4 hrs ago #35