On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:12:01AM -0500, Rob VanFleet wrote:
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 08:19:37PM -0400, J.F.Gratton wrote:
A zealot is a zealot is a zealot. He might have been usefull, but
past a certain point, constant whining <spelling ?>
Congratulations, you just joined the 10% of the net (not faulting those who aren't native english speakers) that actually *does* spell "whining" right (i.e. not "whinging").
"Whinge" is a perfectly valid word (my dictionary says it was originally Scottish). I occasionally see the misspelling "winge", though, which is irritating.
http://www.australianbeers.com/culture/whinge.htm
not that i'd advocate the site as the hub of anglistic ethnography, but the euro-antipodeans source the act, if not the word, a tad south of hadrian's wall.
ben
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