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Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:36 pm
by chrispop99
Just posted in our Facebook group, so Thought I would pass it on:
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Chris
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 1:47 pm
by Eadwine Rose
That's neat! Thanks for sharing :)
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:33 pm
by Jerry3904
I love the "whinge" -- it gather it's Brit, with rising popularity over the last 50 years or so. I've never seen or heard it on this side of the Pond.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:26 pm
by chrispop99
Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:33 pm
I love the "whinge" -- it gather it's Brit, with rising popularity over the last 50 years or so. I've never seen or heard it on this side of the Pond.
I didn't know "whinge" wasn't universal; I like hearing about differences in English usage.
When on our FB group I try to use as neutral a style of English as possible, for two reasons. Firstly, I estimate perhaps 50% of members don't have English as as first language, and secondly it makes things clearer for members who have to use the FB 'Translate' option.
Chris
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 4:35 pm
by richb
Nice post Chris. Ans a new word for me, whinge. Love it too.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:01 pm
by Gordon Cooper
Whinge is listed in Collins English Dictionary with a meaning of 'complain' or 'complaint'. However, whinge is described as an informal word, a verb or a noun depending on the syntax, not quite slang but close to it.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:09 pm
by Gaer Boy
I always thought it was Australian. The common phrase for a British migrant who didn't settle was "Whinging Pom".
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:24 pm
by Gordon Cooper
American dictionary Merriam-Webster does list whinge - with a lot of equivalents - but indicates it as British in origin. Is in common use here in NZ as well
as in OZ.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:26 pm
by Jerry3904
Huh. When I saw the post, I thought it was either a typo or a
portmanteau. Turns out whinge is old old, documented already in the 12th century.
https://www.languagetrainers.co.uk/blog ... mplaining/
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:49 pm
by anticapitalista
It is definitely British English. I use it all the time ...
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:02 pm
by Jerry3904
Ha! I'm sure you do...
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:20 pm
by anticapitalista
Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:02 pm
Ha! I'm sure you do...
Yep, I'm a right whinger.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 8:30 pm
by uncle mark
anticapitalista wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:49 pm
It is definitely British English. I use it all the time ...
Pfffttt... I
do it all the time.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:13 pm
by JayM
The USian equivalent of whinge/whinging is "whine"/"whining". I've encountered both versions of the term on the Internet for many years.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:28 pm
by asqwerth
I use it a fair bit as well.
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:04 am
by Jerry3904
Not that far across the pond...
Re: Thanks from a Facebook member
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 4:31 pm
by Alby
Hear it all the time up North here in Lancashire ,, for example.. " you whinging barsteward " ... referring to one who sufferingly moans a lot .. top marks on the Facebook post