• Prison Mike
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      1 month ago

      At first I thought it had to do with cash registers. People using “till” in place of “‘til” or “until” drives me crazy.

      (Also, using “a” like in “two times a year” creeps me out too. Sure, I say “a year” but in writing it looks sloppy.)

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        “till” and “til” are both absolutely fine to use as an abbreviation for “until”

        In fact the double-L spelling has been around longer

        • Prison Mike
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          21 month ago

          Because right now in 2024 we have the word “until” (one L) so using the word till as an abbreviation looks dumb as shit.

        • @morphballganon
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          21 month ago

          Why would you assume they say nothing instead of the correct word, per?

          • Grubberfly 🔮
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            121 days ago

            Because they only mentioned what creeps them out, offering no option (hence my comment) instead of the «correct» one.

            plus my mind blanked, heh