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lugnet.rant? (Was: Re: lugnet.whinge?)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:34:31 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Peter Callaway writes:
<Snipped the most eloquent description so far!>
> To rank them in order (from least to worst) you have;
> Someone registering a concern/complaint (most people in Dear-Lego)
Someone having a rant would be about here?
> Someone having a whinge (some people in Dear-Lego)
> Someone having a whine (only a couple of people in Dear-Lego)
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> In my childish moments (more frequent as I get older...go figure!) I love
> having a whinge, if nothing more than to bait my wife. It's a great stress
> relief, and a great game we play (her side of the game is to not bite at my
> whinge).
:) That was the sort of thing that I was thinking of before - that
ranting/whinging can be beneficial psychologically, especially if you are aware
of the fact that you are ranting/whinging. That rather than see muted
frustration in one group (which should be mostly constructive IMO), a group
where you could rant and whinge in __without_feeling_guilty__ could relieve
some of the frustrations of many FOLs?
The very act of posting to such a group would let other people who choose to
read your post know that you are getting something off your chest, and that
they shouldn't take you too seriously - that in fact you probably aren't taking
yourself that seriously either.
Richard
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| (...) Not entirely true. To me a whine is more derogatory as it tends to mean (in Australia, NZ and I think the UK where this word is most prevalent) someone is complaining about something in a really really annoying way. Think little kids when Mum (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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