On Tue 13 Sep 2016 at 21:02:01 (+0100), Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 13 September 2016 20:30:20 Brian wrote: > > > A final question: I've used Wiktionary to learn that 'whinging' is the > > > English for what we Murricans call 'whining'. Is it used a lot nowadays? > > > I don't recall ever having heard it when I taught at Royal Holloway > > > College back in 1967-68. > > > > Language changes. One hopes modes of thinking on -user will adapt too. > > I had to check whether there were any (other) men at Royal Holloway (a > women's > college) in 1967 .... (There were - just.)
I don't think either of the constituents of RubberNeck disallowed men on the *staff*. (I also didn't realise they dropped the Neck out of their name, although Royal Holloway and Bedford New College remains their legal name.) Cheers, David.
