[split] The Nothing

[Erthona]

I never said anything other than using 'til was my preference. To make an absolute statement that no one pronounces 'til more sharply than till is a statement that is difficult to support, and only shows your own preference, not that there is any agreement in the absolutes on the subject. I would suggest that preference is developed from the reading material one has read growing up, and so it is by simple chance that one comes to the preference of one over the other. However, as I also said, it is only in certain situations that I prefer "'til" over "till," one as milo has pointed is when "till" might be confused with plowing when that was not the intention. I have some other reason which I have discussed, but I have also stated those as purely personal preference. I think you are completely reaching and appealing to no set precedent to say because one word has been in usage longer than another it should be preferred: what an altogether silly notion. I think had you not been in such a hurry to "score points" you would have realised how completely obtuse such a statement is, as I know you are not a dull fellow (and I do mean that sincerely. I know, sometimes it is difficult to tell when I am being serious or not, or so I've been told ).  
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Chris wrote: "I will be replacing the 'till' that I just used in a poem draft with 'til' to go with the flow then. Thanks Ray and Milo! "

Chris, you are aware that "'til" is not a nautical term. "'til' to go with the flow" 

Dale

I can't believe this silly thing is still going on. It of course has nothing to do with the original topic, not that it matters.