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'til vs. Till



Which do you support?

'til
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Till
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Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:58 pm
Esmé says...



'til looks much more becoming ^_^
  





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Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:09 pm
Lauren says...



I used wonder about it... geek that I am. I do believe I write 'till' more than the other, because I think it looks better. But, then again, 'til is probably more correct.
WHY DON'T WE SCRAP 'TIL/TILL, STOP BEING LAZY BUGGERS, AND JUST WRITE 'UNTIL'??
  





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Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:58 pm
JFW1415 says...



lhighton wrote:WHY DON'T WE SCRAP 'TIL/TILL, STOP BEING LAZY BUGGERS, AND JUST WRITE 'UNTIL'??


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Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:31 am
Meep says...



I like 'til (with or without the apostrophe) better, because when I see till my first thought, even when it's in the context of until, is to till the land or something, like niteowl said. (*grew up in a rural area*) Merriam-Webster says using till for until is cheifly Scottish and I'm ... not.
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:17 pm
Dream Deep says...



... When I first saw this subject in the "View Topics Since Last Visit" list, I actually thought it had something to do with Suz. xD

That having been said, I vote for 'til. Otherwise I think of Suz. Obviously. ;)
  





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Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:28 pm
Emerson says...



... When I first saw this subject in the "View Topics Since Last Visit" list, I actually thought it had something to do with Suz. xD


If it makes you feel better, when I first saw it, I thought someone was talking about me, too! *should vote*
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:46 pm
Elizabeth says...



'til

It's cooler with the apostrophe.
  





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Teh Wozzinator says...



I voted Till. It's easier to type. Plus, I'm the one who started the whole argument by using till.

But if it was on there, I would've voted until.

This is my final answer: I will write till, which I believe is correct, and is easier to write, but I won't care what other people write. Firestarter had a good post though. I agree with him. (This last paragraph was edited after he posted.)

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Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:59 pm
mateeah3 says...



'Til... easy answer, unlike the analogy.
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:19 pm
k3pt says...



Till. :wink:
  





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Firestarter says...



I prefer till.

By the way, till is not short for until. 'til, on the other hand, is a lazy contraction of until and looks messy. I'm not a fan of loose apostrophes. Till is in fact an interchangeable variant of until.

To be honest though, until beats them both.
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:41 pm
~Volant~ says...



'til. All the way. haha

Isn't till a completely different word? Like, as in, "To till the earth"? haha
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 10:28 am
Elelel says...



Haha ... I remember in primary school when I would write "till" and teachers and such would get annoyed with me and tell me I had to write "until" because "till" didn't exist. I was very confused because I was pretty sure it DID exist. BUT WHO'S LAUGHING NOW? That's right. Me.

So ... go till!
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:36 pm
TheWordsmith says...



If you ask me, til beats 'til, Till and until. Why? It's fun, easy to type, and without an apostrophe! But to be serious, I just like being a non-conformist. :)
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Thu Jun 19, 2008 5:28 pm
Ratter-chan says...



I chose "Till"! The other one isn't even a real word. Well, at least the dictionary says it's not. ......THE DICTIONARY HAS SPOKEN!!
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