What do you do whilst playing chess at RHP?

1. digging your nose
2. plucking hair from ears
3. eating chocolate
4. sipping coffee
5. sipping wine
6. drinking shots
7. snacking unsalted almonds
8. snacking salted roast peanuts
9. sipping soda
10. scratching yourself
11. doodling in a sketchbook
12. ____________________
13. ____________________
14. leafing through chess opening books
15. searching chess data bases
16. reading daily papers
17. ____________________
18. chatting on a forum
19. ____________________

Originally posted by @vandervelde
1. digging your nose
2. plucking hair from ears
3. eating chocolate
4. sipping coffee
5. sipping wine
6. drinking shots
7. snacking unsalted almonds
8. snacking salted roast peanuts
9. sipping soda
10. scratching yourself
11. doodling in a sketchbook
12. ____________________
13. ____________________
14. leafing through chess opening books ...[text shortened]... eading daily papers
17. ____________________
18. chatting on a forum
19. ____________________

Listen to music often.

Wonder if people really say "whilst."

Originally posted by @handyandy
Wonder if people really say "whilst."

Originally posted by @very-rusty
I never hear it used here in Canada!

-VR

Originally posted by @great-big-stees
"Whilst" contemplating my response I noted that I do indeed use the word and ya know what? I'M CANADIAN. 😉

Originally posted by @very-rusty
Yea but you are one othe weird Canadians not like the rest of us. 😛

Also a smartass!!! 😉 which is probably better than being a dumbass!!!

-VR

https://imgur.com/a/FFUHt

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In the same way as happens with among and amongst, the chief distinction between while and whilst as conjunctions and relative adverbs is in respect of their usage. While is far more common than whilst and is significantly more prevalent in US English than it is in British English.
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With only 6.9% of the occurrences of whilst appearing in US English, this form seems to be rapidly falling out of favour across the Atlantic. Bryan Garner states categorically that whilst ‘reeks of pretension in the work of a modern American writer’ and this stance is echoed by other authorities. So if you’re a US speaker or writer, you’d only be likely to use whilst if you were consciously aiming for an old-fashioned effect (for instance, if you were writing historical fiction). In all other contexts, while is the word to choose and thus avoid that dreaded reeking.
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Trying to figure when I use "while" and when I use "whilst".

Rightly or wrongly I use "whilst" with past and present participles.
eg
I was thinking whilst I was drinking.
I am thinking whilst drinking.

I thought while I was drinking.
I think while I drink.

Could be completely wrong but that's what I do.

Originally posted by @vandervelde
https://imgur.com/a/FFUHt

quote
In the same way as happens with among and amongst, the chief distinction between while and whilst as conjunctions and relative adverbs is in respect of their usage. While is far more common than whilst and is significantly more prevalent in US English than it is in British English.
...
With only 6.9% of the occurre ...[text shortened]... er contexts, while is the word to choose and thus avoid that dreaded reeking.
...
end of quote

Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Trying to figure when I use "while" and when I use "whilst".

Rightly or wrongly I use "whilst" with past and present participles.
eg
I was thinking whilst I was drinking.
I am thinking whilst drinking.

I thought while I was drinking.
I think while I drink.

Could be completely wrong but that's what I do.

Originally posted by @great-big-stees
"Six of one, half a dozen of another", maybe?

Originally posted by @very-rusty
There is no difference between 6 and half a dozen, even I know that!

-VR

Originally posted by @vandervelde
1. digging your nose
2. plucking hair from ears
3. eating chocolate
4. sipping coffee
5. sipping wine
6. drinking shots
7. snacking unsalted almonds
8. snacking salted roast peanuts
9. sipping soda
10. scratching yourself
11. doodling in a sketchbook
12. ____________________
13. ____________________
14. leafing through chess opening books ...[text shortened]... eading daily papers
17. ____________________
18. chatting on a forum
19. ____________________