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Option	Votes
while	16
whilst	5

― rob, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:43 (two years ago)

I'm being attacked

― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:46 (two years ago)

Write-in vote for 'it depends'.

― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:46 (two years ago)

sorry snoball, but you have to pick one: your favorite or favourite, the most aesthetically or esthetically appealing, the one you write instinctively. it's up to you :)

― rob, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:48 (two years ago)

Evan are you posting while being attacked or whilst

― rob, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:49 (two years ago)

also ftr it's mookieproof who is being attacked

― rob, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:49 (two years ago)

amidst broad daylight, amongst ilxors, betwixt two simple wordst

― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:50 (two years ago)

worst poststs

― rob, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 17:51 (two years ago)

i love whilst because it's like a slightly deranged whistle, but i do not think i have ever used it in real life and probably never shall

and i would like to take this opportunity to type out "whomst'd've"

― pretty god (cat), Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:03 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

I try to avoid 'whilst' these days even though I'm Britisher

― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:08 (two years ago)

it's a stylistic choice, but I fall on the side of 'while' as the default (and usually best) option.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:10 (two years ago)

Voted whilst as a commitment to using the word more. We create the world we want to see and I say goodbye to the boring “while”

― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:35 (two years ago)

Voted whilst as a commitment to using the word more. We create the world we want to see and I say goodbye to the boring “while”

― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:35 (two years ago)

Voting “whilst” if only for “Do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings.”

― No Zing Compares 2 HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:38 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

Who is speaking to whomst?

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 00:03 (two years ago)

Oh hey I didn’t get a chance to vote!

― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 00:40 (two years ago)

Like Nero, you fiddled whilst Rome burned.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 00:40 (two years ago)

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