I heard the word twixt used tonight. I thought that word was archaic. Is it still occasionally used? Is it used in England?

"betwixt" is very occasionally heard, but almost exclusively in the tautological expression "betwixt and between".

Both twixt and its variant 'twixt show up a bit over at Google Books (link). Another set phrase it shows up in is the proverb: There's many a slip, twixt the cup and the lip. It sounds no more archaic to me than albeit or whom.

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It sounds no more archaic to me than albeit or whom

Really? Wow. I use whom and albeit all the time, but I can't say I've ever used twixt.

The OED says it's an aphetic form of atwixt (which I've not heard of) and betwixt. They also cite an 1878 medical quote, which I found interesting: "These primitive cerebral vesicles give rise to new segments... The first is known as the Fore-brain or Prosencephalon; the next as the Twixt-brain or Thalamencephalon." I've not heard it used that way.

I use it every time I've finished eating a Twix candy bar. When I'm finished I'm twixt.

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Proofreader, are you just gonna sit there and ignore this thread?

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