Re: OT: whinging (was Re: rms on debian : background noise)
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 01:40, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:12:01 -0500
>
> rvf@linux.wku.edu ( Rob VanFleet) wrote:
> > Congratulations, you just joined the 10% of the net (not faulting those
> > who aren't native english speakers) that actually *does* spell "whining"
> > right (i.e. not "whinging"). Now, just don't call anybody a "looser"
> > and you'll be set. ;-)
>
> Um . . ."whinging" is perfectly correct, at least according to the
> Oxford English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster's 11th Ed. Collegiate,
> etc. It may not be in common use in the U.S., but it's used quite
> commonly in all other English-speaking countries (including, in
> particular, England).
>
> The word "whinge," meaning "to moan fretfully," actually predates
> the word "whine."
>
> -c
Hmm, I rarely heard it used in England (though I haven't lived there for 30+
years), but I've heard it used all the time here in New Zealand, I thought it
was a Kiwi-ism.
cr
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