Quote Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter View Post
A lot of educated people used British conventions during the 19th century. Heck, I STILL deal with someone who insists on adding an extraneous 'u' just to demonstrate his "old school" education (the guy is actually conversant in Latin and used to listen to Gregorian chants).
I got marked down in grade school for using "whilst" in a paper. I told my mom about it (she was an English major) and she "corrected" the teacher in person.
The teacher shan't make that mistake again...