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ough I'm about to am!!!! (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 12 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

    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

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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