 | | "whinge" ? —Mark Sandlin
| | | | A few posts recently have had the word "whinge" in them, which I took contextually to be a misspelling of "whine." Today I took a moment to look them up on dictionary.com, and I was suprised to find out that "whinge" is in fact, a word unto itself. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: "whinge" ? —Ross Crawford
| | | | | | (...) Commonly used (generally light-heartedly) in Australia as an adjective when descibing Poms (residents of UK). ROSCO (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: "whinge" ? —Dave Low
| | | | | | | | (...) Jason's usage of it here ((URL) is a perfect example -- that dry British humour which, like cricket, Australians have made their own. Although complaining is a national pastime, one of the worst things you can be called in Australia is a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: "whinge" ? —Jason J. Railton
| | | | | | | (...) Ah, the 'whingeing pom'. Another interesting derivation - 'pommy' or 'pom', from 'P.O.H.M.s', Prisoners of Her Majesty. Actually a reference to British criminals transported to prisons in Australia, known for complaining about the climate and (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: "whinge" ? —Jason J. Railton
| | | | | (...) Ah, but dictionary.com misses out on the wonderful subtlety of whingeing - the trick is never to actually make a direct complaint to those responsible... (...) It may be a pond to you; it's a moat* to us chap. Jason J Railton *“This precious (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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