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

[William Anderson]

Toby Smithe wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 12:31 +0100, Malcolm wrote:
>> On 9/4/06, Ed Hargin <ed at bluehome.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I would suggest that we used "while" instead of "whilst" purely so as to
>>> not inject an unnecessary difference from the US translations.  That's
>>> reason enough for me prefer "while" anyway.
>> Seconded.
> 
> Thirded! :P
> 
> I agree; we shouldn't create unnecessary work for ourselves.

Totally agree with that.

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