The "rubbing off" affect.
Yesterday I was writing a comment over at someone else's blog, and I realized right in the middle of writing said comment that I wrote the word...whilst.
WHILST!!
Never thought a true "English" word would
And no, that doesn't mean Marmite has even a fighting chance to start to grow on me.
Blaaaa.
posted by Laura @ 9:37 AM
7 Comments:
and you'll say "fortnightly" instead of "bi-weekly" and oh, you did type "piccy" on my blog not a few times :D
Yeah, but I say piccy only 'cause it's shorter to write. Never considered it from this side of the pond.
Marmite. mmmmmmm! ;)
What do you guys say then if not whilst? Sorry showing my ignorance a bit..
While
It's a slippery slope. It will be midst, wrest, mayest, oftest, utmost and accurst before you know it. But it's only when you find yourself working "antidisestablishmentarianism" into a comment that you know that all is lost.
Oh, I should have said that I hate Marmite, although daughter and Mrs P love it. Here's Mrs P's favourite combo with a stomach-churn warning: two slices of buttered toast smeared with Marmite, between which is cheese and marmalade. I did warn you.
Thanks Polly, it took me ten minutes to clean the screen, the desk, the keyboard, and surrounding area off after that. Heh.
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