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    Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst" · 806654a9
    Will Deacon authored
    Whilst making an unrelated change to some Documentation, Linus sayeth:
    
      | Afaik, even in Britain, "whilst" is unusual and considered more
      | formal, and "while" is the common word.
      |
      | [...]
      |
      | Can we just admit that we work with computers, and we don't need to
      | use þe eald Englisc spelling of words that most of the world never
      | uses?
    
    dictionary.com refers to the word as "Chiefly British", which is
    probably an undesirable attribute for technical documentation.
    
    Replace all occurrences under Documentation/ with "while".
    
    Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
    Cc: Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@gmail.com>
    Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
    Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@google.com>
    Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
    Reported-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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