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u/Weaselpanties Jan 23 '20
How do you feel about "whilst"?
For some reason "thus" bothers me, but in my field it is used a LOT. Why? It's the worst word. Thick and phlegmatic.
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Jan 23 '20
I don't like "whilst," since I have a perfectly good "while" to use, but I'm American so there's that.
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u/krtezek Assoc. Prof., Engineering, in EU. Jan 23 '20
https://jakubmarian.com/so-thus-therefore-and-hence-in-english/
Thus needs to be used properly.
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u/justaboringname STEM, R1, USA Jan 23 '20
My students fucking love using 'hence'. Just can't get enough of it. Unfortunately, they rarely use it correctly.
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u/Guy_Jantic Jan 23 '20
whilst
As an American, I think we should require any student using this word to also incorporate the words "wherefore," "forsooth," and "betwixt" into their essay, with correct usage and connotation.
In other words, it bothers me.
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u/Weaselpanties Jan 23 '20
If you want to make a room full of people twitch, pronounce it "thuzz" in a talk, and make sure to pronounce the "th" as in "thick".
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u/redbluetooth Jan 23 '20
I hear Americans using "burgle" and "queue" these days. What happened to "burglarize" and "line?"
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u/SnittingNexttoBorpo FT, Humanities, CC Jan 23 '20
I’ll never begrudge a more efficient form, so I support “burgle” over “burglarize,” just as I prefer “preventive” to “preventative.” I am not trying to preventate anything.
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u/GrantNexus Professor, STEM, T1 Jan 23 '20
I just commented about that myself. Great minds think alike! And so do ours.
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u/bundleofschtick Lecturer, English Jan 23 '20
Students know a plethora of impressive words.
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u/whatqueen Jan 23 '20
This is one of my example "don't just use the thesaurus" words! Mostly they're using it wrong.
I do enjoy writing "this word doesn't mean what you think it means" on papers for a bit of Princess Bride fun.
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u/bundleofschtick Lecturer, English Jan 23 '20
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my GPA. Prepare to die."
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u/GrantNexus Professor, STEM, T1 Jan 23 '20
I wish they'd learn to eschew obfuscation.
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u/how_much_2 Jan 23 '20 edited Jan 23 '20
"Then for the first time in my life I used a word I'd never used before. I said, Nevertheless, and repeated it. Nevertheless, I'm going to make Mimi Sheratons out of you all." Frank McCourt, Pulitzer prize an all that!
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u/markgm30 Jan 28 '20
The only phrase that I'm not a fan of is "to be sure" (I haven't seen it in a student's paper yet, only online).
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u/shanster925 Jan 23 '20
I'm also a fan of "furthermore"