Re: OT: whinging (was Re: rms on debian : background noise)
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 02:15:04PM -0700, Wendell Cochran wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:26:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> >> 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.
Not at all.
> I've never heard 'whinge' but only read it, & supposed that it rhymed
> with `hinge'.
That's right. It isn't pronounced unusually.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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