On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:02:45 +0000 Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Whilst making an unrelated change to some Documentation, Linus sayeth: > > | Afaik, even in Britain, "whilst" is unusual and considered more > | formal, and "while" is the common word. > | > | [...] > | > | Can we just admit that we work with computers, and we don't need to > | use þe eald Englisc spelling of words that most of the world never > | uses? > > dictionary.com refers to the word as "Chiefly British", which is > probably an undesirable attribute for technical documentation. > > Replace all occurrences under Documentation/ with "while". So I've gone ahead and applied this, just because "whilst" does look a little strange to some. I truly do not want this to be the beginning of a pile of patches "fixing" British spellings and such, though; I really don't think those need to be fixed. Thanks, jon
