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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
Well that muddies things a bit, though. "Ill" has a few meanings. One is "sick" and the other is "not skillful" (which I think is spelled "not skilful" with-one-l in the UK!).
So "she has never been sick" is the first meaning, while using "ill" as a synonym for "poorly" is likely the second meaning. Unless, of course, you mean to say something like "She is doing poorly [i.e., going to die]." Then "She is ill" would be synonymous and based on the first ("sick") meaning.
English is so awesomely confusing, I love it!
Crisps, boot, dodgy, etc. = UK
Chips, trunk, iffy, etc. = US
AWESOME!
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Skillful is spelt with two 'L's over here in the UK as well.
Personally i think in English(UK) it is not so common for people to say 'ill' when meaning "not skillful". It generally means that they are not fairing well (in terms of health only), and so they are feeling poorly.