Work Hours - while or till

PardonTheWait · 16 Oct 2011 at 22:29

Nine to five or nine til five are both normal...

I've honestly never heard anyone say nine while five and it makes no sense at all :/

TheVoice · 16 Oct 2011 at 22:33

v0n said:
9 while 5 is traditional Sheffield and Leeds like lad.

Well there's a surprise.

Tackle_Berry · 16 Oct 2011 at 22:34

I go with 9 til 5.

RickST · 16 Oct 2011 at 23:27

vicisthebest said:
It's a regional term, that's like saying Geordies should go back to school for saying "Haway" instead of "come on"...

yes, yes they should.

Spook187 · 16 Oct 2011 at 23:44

9 to 5 is for wimps,easy life office boys

EdGey · 16 Oct 2011 at 23:56

9 while 5? Punch someone.

Destination · 17 Oct 2011 at 02:03

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
9 while 5? What does that even mean?

Oh it makes sense now. It's a northern thing...

Don't think so, might be a spaz thing, or whatever the northern chav equivalent is.
Most folks in the north speak English, the while folks are fools, substituting longer more difficult to say words for shorter more appropriate words.

Mason- · 17 Oct 2011 at 02:15

One of my lecturers says while. It's a northern thing.

Aod · 17 Oct 2011 at 02:52

don't be daft, it's either 'till or to.

Example; He works from 7:30 'till 4, but I worked from 10 to 11:30, thus i worked longer than he did.

You could also use; "Franks works between the hours of 8 and 3".

harenzo · 17 Oct 2011 at 03:18

I haven't heard "9 while 5" spoken anywhere.

Destination · 17 Oct 2011 at 05:59

Almost as bad as the Lurgan, 'That'll learn ya', muppets.

Jay794 · 17 Oct 2011 at 06:16

I've heard a few people say "while" but more common usage is "to"

malfunkshun · 17 Oct 2011 at 09:27

Hikari Kisugi said:
Almost as bad as the Lurgan, 'That'll learn ya', muppets.

That one really boils my **** :mad:

Depending on the rest of the conversation I would either say " I work between 9 and 5" or "I work from 9 until 5". Were either of those statements true I would be a happier chappy.

Pawnless Endgame · 17 Oct 2011 at 09:34

The 'while' phrase is a colloquialism, local around Yorkshire I think.

I'm from Stafford, so I say it the normal way :-)

Clav · 17 Oct 2011 at 09:44

Shocking revelation: colloquial English phrases exist

V4NT0M · 17 Oct 2011 at 09:48

oli356 said:
"I work 9 while 5"

MEGALOLZ

a1ex2001 · 17 Oct 2011 at 09:54

malfunkshun said:
That one really boils my ****
Depending on the rest of the conversation I would either say " I work between 9 and 5" or "I work from 9 until 5". Were either of those statements true I would be a happier chappy.

Surely Boyo you would say something along the lines of 'Rwy'n gweithio rhwng 9 a 5' when I lived in Wales speaking the queens english was a crime, if you couldn't manage real Welsh any old mangled English would do.

'9 while 5' is a northern thing and has nothing to do with chavs and scum it's just a regional dialect much like the English spoken down south is just another regional dialect. The very idea of having one single correct version of a language as old, widly spoken and oft adapted as English is just laughable as is the idea that all the rules are for some reason now set in stone and we won't see massive grammar and dialect changes in future generations.