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Posted by RicodJour on June 15, 2007, 12:20 pm
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> >>>>> > Whinging on Usenet won't help.
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> >>>> Same thing. Whinge is English/Australian vernacular for whine. I w=
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> >>> You're making that up!
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> >> No it's true, I often see people use that form of the word whine. I
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> > I was kidding. I've seen it written....I wonder if you pronounce the '=
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> When I see it I I tend to pronounce it so it rhymes with singe. It's
> probably worng but that's the way it looks to me.
You're wrong about being wrong. Two wrongs do make a right.
whinge Pronunciation [hwinj, winj]
-verb (used without object), whinged, whing=B7ing. British and
Australian Informal.
to complain; whine.
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