whinging

Grant White ulgw at dewey.newcastle.edu.au
Wed Mar 20 19:01:35 CST 1996



Really? I always thought that "whinging" was Australian colloquial for 
whine. Hence the term "pommy whinger" or "whinging barstard".

Grant (on a whinge and a prayer)
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On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, Bruce Appelbaum wrote:

>      If you'd ever met my ex-wife, you'd know it was a real word.
>      
>      It is a "Britishism."
> 
> 
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: whinging
> Author:  ChrisO at fieldschool.com at Internet
> Date:    3/20/96 8:57 AM
> 
> 
> Date	3/20/96
> Subject	whinging
> From	ChrisO
> To	pynchon list
>      
> whinging
> more fuel for the fire of IJ obsession:
>      
> Is "whinge" really a word?
>      
> chris o.
>      
>      
> 



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