Re: [DL] RE: spelling [OT]

["Jon and Cal" <jonandcal@clara.co.uk>]

Well, CENTER, COLOR and ARMOR aren't in mine! (But we always knew you yanks
couldn't spell !!! ;-) )

Whinge is a perfectly understood word over here in England as well as
Australia. I don't know if it's in the dictionary, but I doubt if Twat,
Plonker or Pillock are either. :)

Whinge and whine are similar but very separate (Whinge tends to be more
complaining) as in "Have you whingeing Poms lost at cricket again?"


Thanks
Jon "You should here what fanny means over here!"


Date:	Wed, 1 Mar 2000 21:56:54 -0600
From:	zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu
Subject:	Re: [DL] RE: spelling [OT]

> 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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