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[-] Odo@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Till is the correct spelling. It's a separate word from until (and is actually older). 'Til is way newer and considered informal.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That’s fair, but I don’t like it as much 🤷

Though as a quibble, til and ’til are both correct spellings for an abbreviation of until, and till is a separate preposition. All are correct.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

huh. i always learned till as a verb, like till the ground. is this a regional/dialect thing? because i want to stop editing my autocarrots from till to til.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, till is also a verb and a noun for a cash register (that’s why I prefer til: less ambiguity), but as a preposition it’s somewhat archaic outside of a few dialects, afaik

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

also maybe something on a boat i think? i've heard "man the till" or "man the tiller" i can't remember, somewhere. maybe my imagination.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Oh, yes, good call! I think that’s essentially the same concept as with farming, where you split a channel in the stream of water or in a mound of earth.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

i never thought of it conceptually like that, but that makes a lot of sense for a cash register. you split the customer's cashflow stream into the store's. or vice versa

anyone else feel like they need to stare at their fingers a while too after learning what @idiomaddict@lemmy.world has been teaching us?

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That’s a really good way of thinking of it, but I can’t take credit for it, splitting money never occurred to me. I do often feel like I need to stare at my fingers when I think about etymology though.

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago

The correct spelling if you're plowing...

Yeah that works in this context I guess 😅

[-] Odo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No seriously, there's a definition of till that means the same as "until" but is like a century older. One of the many weird quirks of English.

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