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Re: "whinge" ?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:13:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Mark Sandlin writes:
> A few posts recently have had the word "whinge" in them, which I took
> contextually to be a misspelling of "whine."
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> 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.
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> whinge (hwnj, wnj)
> intr.v. Chiefly British whinged, whing·ing, whing·es
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> To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
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...
> Another one of those regionalisms from across the pond. :^)
It may be a pond to you; it's a moat* to us chap.
Jason J Railton
*“This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands.”
Shakespeare: King Richard II., ii. 1.
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| 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. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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