Re: [DL] RE: spelling [OT]

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> Someone asked why people spell "whine" as "whinge".
>
> Because they are two different words.
>
> You can whine about something, and you can have a whinge about something
> else.
>
> Maybe it is not an american word? I'm australian and it makes sense to me.
> Americans dont speak english well, anyway! (waits for responses...)

Sorry, mate, but "whinge" doesn't appear in my dictionary.  Besides, being
able to "have a whinge" about something doesn't make it seem like "whinge"
could be properly turned into a verb anyway.

Nick "English major" Zachariasen

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