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It's fucking "'til" not "tell".
'til is short for "until".
Please stop saying "Let's wait tell later to do that".
What the actual fuck? Who says that? I've never even heard the "should of" people say that and they are dumbest of the dumb.
I've seen people use till, when they mean 'til, but never seen tell. That's just weird.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it is actually “till” and “till” is not short for “until” (and “‘til” is not a word). “Until” actually came from “till”.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/till
https://www.etymonline.com/word/until
I’ve never heard anyone say “tell” to mean “till” so I won’t comment on that.
No, that's GOOD news.
Learning is a good thing.
Fascinating stuff.
Thank you 😊
People say that? 🤔
Maybe it's an oral thing and I don't have enough meetings with English speakers...
Same here, dont think I've once heard or seen that (exceptions being genuine spelling mistakes). Not gonna automatically call them a liar because I haven't experienced it though, could be the communities or area they're in.
Their are other misteaks people make aswell, alot of people don't know english good.