Well.  For some reason, I thought "whinge" was merely an alternative
spelling of "whine".  Turns out this is not so.  They are neither homonyms
nor exact synonyms.  YLSE...

btw, I googled "winge", and it seems you could have gotten away with by
claiming some Australian heritage :-).


sas

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 4:54 PM Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 16:42, Tony Harminc <t...@harminc.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >  Winge ¬= whine.
> >
>
> Now I've done it too. Muphry's Law again.
>
> Whinge ¬= whine. Nor are they pronounced at all the same.
>
> Tony H.
>
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