[lit-ideas] Re: Whinger... (Was: Thinks...)
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Robert Paul <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 18:17:51 +0100
Wednesday, June 2, 2004, 6:36:43 AM, Robert Paul wrote:
RP> Andreas writes, re 'whinge':
RP> 'The word has been around for three or four years in the UK. i've never
heard
RP> a Brit pronounce it. the few Brits I know in Silicon Valley haven't heard it
RP> either.'
RP> These few Brits might not be a representative sample.
Most unrepresentative!
(Ursula, Oz didn't in fact invent "whinge", but "whingeing Pom" is a
well-known Oz comment!)
RP> Robert Paul
RP> Bingeing on the OED
RP> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
RP> 1. whinge (hwInd3), sb. orig. Sc. and dial. [f. next.] A whine, esp. a
peevish
RP> complaint.
RP> 1500-20 DUNBAR Poems xxxii. 10 He [sc. a fox]..schuk his taill, with quhinge
RP> and 3elp.
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Best regards,
Judy mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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