▲ 485 ▼ New South Dakota law allows voters to challenge other voters' citizenship (southdakotasearchlight.com) submitted 5 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Just out of curiosity: What do you think 'll is the contraction of? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Not proper but it scans as "wait till", as "til", "till", and "until" are interchangeable in common English, "till" being a somewhat archaic but still often used version. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) Interesting The preposition till is ubiquitous in informal register of modern English; nonetheless, in formal register it is often replaced with until or to, except in some varieties, such as Indian English. This predisposition is likely influenced by the widespread misapprehension that till is a clipping of until, which it is not (until being an enhanced form of till). The spelling 'til, itself also deprecated by some writers, was born of that same misapprehension. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/till permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago It’s a fairly common. I think YingYang Twins used it in a popular song. “Wait’ll you see this dick” permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Til/Till is used quite a bit below the Mason Dixon line on the Eastern coast of the US, often related to time. Wait'll is super prevalent there in speech. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago It's used pretty widely throughout the country in my experience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago (1 child) Not proper but it scans as "wait till", as "til", "till", and "until" are interchangeable in common English, "till" being a somewhat archaic but still often used version. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) Interesting The preposition till is ubiquitous in informal register of modern English; nonetheless, in formal register it is often replaced with until or to, except in some varieties, such as Indian English. This predisposition is likely influenced by the widespread misapprehension that till is a clipping of until, which it is not (until being an enhanced form of till). The spelling 'til, itself also deprecated by some writers, was born of that same misapprehension. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/till permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago It’s a fairly common. I think YingYang Twins used it in a popular song. “Wait’ll you see this dick” permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Til/Till is used quite a bit below the Mason Dixon line on the Eastern coast of the US, often related to time. Wait'll is super prevalent there in speech. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago It's used pretty widely throughout the country in my experience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago (2 children) Interesting The preposition till is ubiquitous in informal register of modern English; nonetheless, in formal register it is often replaced with until or to, except in some varieties, such as Indian English. This predisposition is likely influenced by the widespread misapprehension that till is a clipping of until, which it is not (until being an enhanced form of till). The spelling 'til, itself also deprecated by some writers, was born of that same misapprehension. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/till permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago It’s a fairly common. I think YingYang Twins used it in a popular song. “Wait’ll you see this dick” permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Til/Till is used quite a bit below the Mason Dixon line on the Eastern coast of the US, often related to time. Wait'll is super prevalent there in speech. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago It's used pretty widely throughout the country in my experience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago It’s a fairly common. I think YingYang Twins used it in a popular song. “Wait’ll you see this dick” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Til/Till is used quite a bit below the Mason Dixon line on the Eastern coast of the US, often related to time. Wait'll is super prevalent there in speech. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago It's used pretty widely throughout the country in my experience. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago It's used pretty widely throughout the country in my experience. permalink fedilink source parent