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To: Barb4Bush
From: http://www.answers.com/whinge

whinge intr.v. Chiefly British., whinged, whing·ing, whing·es.
To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

[Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.]

289 posted on 05/29/2007 9:29:04 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

> whinge intr.v. Chiefly British., whinged, whing·ing, whing·es.
To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

Also used throughout Australia and New Zealand viz: “Whinging Poms” — English folk who move DownUnder then complain all the time about how things were better in Merrie Olde Englande.

Your North American equivalent word is “whine”.


415 posted on 05/29/2007 2:51:06 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter
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