On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 02:15:04PM -0700, Wendell Cochran wrote: > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 11:26:07AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > >> I've only got a small OED here, but: > >> whinge /windz/ v. & n. colloq. -- v.intr. whine; grumble peevishly. -- > >> n. a whining complaint; a peevish grumbling. ** whinger n. whingingly > >> adv. whingy adj. [OE hwinsian f. Gmc] > [snip] > > I remain uncertain whether whingers or whiners on their native heath > pronounce `whinge' & `whine' the same way.
Not at all. > I've never heard 'whinge' but only read it, & supposed that it rhymed > with `hinge'. That's right. It isn't pronounced unusually. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]