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more whinging

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:16 pm
by Jonathan
Bloody hell. I had a great rant worked up about the downfall of modern civilization because everyone was using "whinging" instead of "whining." A great rant, until I did a little more googling and found that "to whinge" is a British and Australian spelling of "to whine."

Fucking poms.

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:51 pm
by Alan
Harrr

Stop whinging

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:05 am
by bob
British and Australian? And that stopped you why?

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:37 pm
by Jonathan
My rant was based in large part on the common usage of the spelling "whinging." The common usage, however, is because of the British and Australians using it correctly, as they see it. I sincerely doubt lots of Americans are typing "whinging" in error.