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Re: OT: whinging (was Re: rms on debian : background noise)



On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:26:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:31:39AM +0100, Mark wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 06:21:58PM +1200, cr wrote:
> > > 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.   
> > 
> > Whinge has been in common usage for as long as I can recall here (UK).
> > Probably the thing to do is for someone with access to check the OED
> > for the etymological references.
> 
> I've only got a small OED here, but:
> 
>   whinge /windz/ v. & n. colloq. -- v.intr. whine; grumble peevishly. --
>   n. a whining complaint; a peevish grumbling. ** whinger n. whingingly
>   adv. whingy adj. [OE hwinsian f. Gmc]
> 

Looks like you and Geoff have tracked it down.  hwinsian - I should've
known! :-)

-- 
Mark Kent



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