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. -- Best regards, Judy mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html