From: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...>
Date: 2016-03-14T21:33:39-04:00
Subject: [ruby-core:74316] Re: [Ruby trunk Feature#12173] `Time#till_now`

2016-03-14 21:06 GMT-04:00  <matthew@kerwin.net.au>:
> Issue #12173 has been updated by Matthew Kerwin.
>
>
> Tsuyoshi Sawada wrote:
>> Matthew Kerwin wrote:
>> > *till* means cash register, or to plough soil.
>>
>> That is a homonym (as well as a homograph) of the word in question.
>
> I've just done some research and you're right, I retract my opposition.

dictionary.com includes this usage:

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/till?s=t

but freedictionary.org doesn't.

http://freedictionary.org/?Query=till&button=Search


So, I'm afraid Matthew is not alone and I'd suggest avoiding 'till'.

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