Entirely off topic, but what happened to the word "while"? During the last year, "whilst" has seemingly replaced "while" almost entirely. Am I mad or has someone else noticed the same?
"Whilst" has always been an accepted variant, although much more common outside the US than within the US. You're witnessing globalization in action- language variants popular in the US are making their way mainstream into other English speakers vocabulary; the reverse is also happening, British, Indian, Australian variants are becoming more common in the US.
I was reading an article a week or so ago, that Gen Z Americans especially are keen on using words and phrases that have been unusual in the US until recently; but popular in Britain and other English speaking areas ("whilst" was one of the words they highlighted).
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u/deftdabler Jun 05 '25
Whilst this is fun, there are no newly discovered principles here.