<laugh> my dictionary says "a whining complaint; a peevish grumbling" ....
it's English, though (the dictionary, that is) <g>
Cheers
Andy
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:04:27 -0500
From: lclark@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] pOT] Local Argot...
In <005b01be5428$342ad580$960065cb@user>, on 02/09/99 at 11:32 PM,
"Wiese" <wiese@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
>This is going to be a bit of whinge,
You Aussie lot have contributed so many wonderful new words to the
common language that divides us all that I want to keep up with new
ones when they appear on my horizon. In the above does "whinge" mean
merely a "whine," or is it more of a funereal "wail," like those hired
mourners turn out?
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