“Whilst.” It looks stupid. It is stupid.
This has become my pet language peeve over here. Why do the English love this word so much? It’s fruity. Unless your name is Lord Fopsalot or you’re wearing an Elizabethan ruff, I strongly recommend just saying “while.” While is a fine, straight-shooting, no-nonsense word. It gets the job done. It’s got a modern snap to it. It doesn’t winch itself into a stiff consonant cluster and then stand around in the sentence like a dusty old chaperone. English people, no one else is still using this word. Pack it in mothballs and let’s get this party started.
