Saga of 'Until'
Can you say, why I’ve been deprived, asked ‘Until’.
What’s the reason of putting only one ‘L’ in Until.
Ask your heart, can you give me a satisfactory reply?
Don’t feel sad, know it really pinches to lose status;
You may be aware short words are generally more
likely to have homographs than long ones.
Tell me, does it make sense, inquired ‘Until’;
Don’t you know both words ‘Till’ and ‘Until’
came from completely different sources.
Very true, in fact don’t have clear answer;
Both these words came to mean the same thing;
Yes, really wonder why spelled differently.
See, now you can observe partiality in dealing,
depriving my legitimate right of double ‘L’,
trying hard to show me equal to ‘Till’; It’s an insult.
Very well understand your feeling, you know
in historical writing where it spelled 'Untill'
but this spelling is deemed incorrect now.
Now, you have come to the point, understood
why I felt deprived and insulted; tell me
how it's decided to declare it incorrect spelling.
Agree, but you’ll be happy to know ‘Until’ is usually perceived
as slightly more formal than ‘Till’; though the word ‘Till ‘is
the older of the two words, by several hundred years.
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Copyright © Pratap Roy | Year Posted 2020
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