As a native English speaker, born and living in England, I'd like to confirm that both 'while' and 'whilst' are in common usage in the UK and the previous replies more than adequately describe how to use them. However, as some

http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/units/ling210-901/transcription/broad transcri ( http://tinyurl.com/62n4y .) Thanks. I didn't expect the URL to split like that. I'm glad to know someone's put together a page with ... is saying

I haven't listened to the recording, but I'm reasonably familiar with Australian accents. I think it's true that a) Australians ... and (lA.In) is shifted towards "loin", hence the impression many of us have of Australian

This supposed "Standard American English accent" sounds like a variation on the now rarely-used term "General American": From the dictionary at www.infoplease.com , which appears to be the *Random House Webster's Unabridged

That must be twice as bad as an all-Dutch captain. The Dutch, with a few exceptions, aren't half as bad as many make them out to be. That's just age-old English jealousy, based historically on loosing a couple of Anglo-Dutch wars, and on

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