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Re: lugnet.whinge?
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Sun, 28 Nov 1999 11:58:17 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, "Richard Franks" <spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com>
> writes:
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> > Just a thought: it's nice to whinge occasionally - it's good to have a vent
> > for your feelings. Eg. I think that lugnet.dear-lego should be for more
> > constructive comments, but it seems like the most on-topic place to whinge
> > about TLC at present. Besides, if you know that you're whinging when you are
> > whinging then that can make you more realistic, and help you focus on what • is
> > *really* bothering you. Sometimes :)
> >
> > Richard
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> I don't know what whinge or whinging is... Do you mean whine or whining?
> Is this a regional word?
>
> --Todd
Yes.
From the rec.arts.sf.fandom FAQ
30. What is whinging?
A. This wonderfully expressive term seems to be primarily a British and
Australian usage, or at least not a North American one. To quote the Oxford
English Dictionary:
whinge, v. orig. Sc. and north. dial. Forms: 6 quhinge,
quhynge, 9 winge, wheenge, 8 whindge, 7_ whinge, 20 winge.
[North. form of OE. hwinsian, corresp. to OHG. win(i)sôn
(MHG. winsen; cf. MHG., G. winseln):---OTeut. *_winisojan,
f. root of hwínan to whine. For the suffix cf. OE. clænsian
to cleanse, bletsian to bless, rícsian to rule, ON. hreinsa
to cleanse; for the phonology of the form whinge
cf. clenge, ringe, north. forms of cleanse, rinse.]
intr. To whine; esp. to complain peevishly. Hence
whinging (also w(h)ingeing) vbl. n. and ppl. a.
[Sorry, this isn't 7-bit clean--the etymology may
look weird to some people, but the definition should
be clear.]
//
So what's the difference between whinging and whining? From what
I gather, whinge is a slightly less pejorative term than whine, which
denotes (to people who use both terms) the high-pitched keening that we
associate with an animal whine. This close, Richard?
--
jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emi
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| (...) It sounds just about right! The implication being (for me) that there is some degree of justification for whinging. The 'for me' being because as I've learned this word from context, other peoples perceptions will possibly be different! (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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