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

[Wendell Cochran <atrypa@eskimo.com>]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:26:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
[SNIP] 
>> 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]
[snip] 

I remain uncertain whether whingers or whiners on their native heath
pronounce `whinge' & `whine' the same way.  

I've never heard 'whinge' but only read it, & supposed that it rhymed
with `hinge'.  (`Whine' rhymes with 'wine' -- in Missouri, the D.C.
area, & around Puget Sound.  Or so I think, though my hearing is not
reliable.)

Wendell Cochran
West Seattle