On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 04:50, Dave Howorth wrote: > cr wrote: > >>Hmm, I rarely heard it used in England (though I haven't lived there for 30+ > >>years), but I've heard it used all the time here in New Zealand, I thought it > >>was a Kiwi-ism. > > Mark wrote: > > Whinge has been in common usage for as long as I can recall here (UK). > > Probably the thing to do is for someone with access to check the OED for > > the etymological references. > > I'd agree with both of you :-) It certainly gets used here in the UK > but the archetypical use must be the Antipodean phrase 'whinging poms'. > Is that Kiwi or Aussie? > > Cheers, Dave > > PS For any yanks who don't know the word, 'poms' is equivalent to 'limeys' > Limeys - saliors eat limes to avoid scurvey POMS - prisoners of mother england equal? -K
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