[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] When do we use "whilst" as opposed to "while"?

[Toby Smithe]

On 03/09/06, Dan Bishop <dan at viciouslime.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 23:10 +0100, Malcolm wrote:
> > On 9/3/06, Matt Sicker <boards at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Whilst is so old-school. :P
> >
> > I agree, I'd always use "while".
> >
> > --
> > Malcolm Parsons
>
> I'd have to disagree, everyone I know would use whilst. Maybe it's a
> northern/north-eastern thing?

Not really. I'm in the south-east, and as you can see, I like whilst.
But then again, I don't really welcome change, so...