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# i hate
when people write till instead of 'til !
it makes my blood curdle !
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:48, archived)
# actually if you'd read up on the etymology of the words:
"Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies. ·Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning “up to.” In the 18th century the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect."


sometimes i study etymology when i'm bored.
(schnurricane, Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:53, archived)
# [strokes Tom's brain]
(I helped save b3ta! Sexy Picard 2000, Fri 11 Feb 2005, 0:54, archived)
# curiously
I was looking up the same thing just the other week.
 
(I helped save b3ta! Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat, Fri 11 Feb 2005, 1:00, archived)
# the history and evolution of language
is fascinating and well worth studying.
(I helped save b3ta! Shiksa, Fri 11 Feb 2005, 1:00, archived)
# My mum told me of a book she read
that used "kerb", when it should have used "curb"

(or possible the other way round... the point is the spellchecker obviously recognised it as a legitimate word & left it there)
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Fri 11 Feb 2005, 1:53, archived)