At 12:20 PM Saturday 10/7/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:30 AM Saturday 10/7/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
pencimen wrote:
Charlie wrote:
Hmm. I think intent is important. Some words may have been offensive
once, but 50 years is a long time in language. "Pom" used to be
offensive in Oz, but it's not now, unless it's accompanied by an
adjective (usually "whinging"...).
pffft! WTF is whinging?
http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/whinging
HTH.
When I hear it from one of the folks in the UK with whom I exchange
e-mail, I generally read it as "whining," which may not be an exact
match but is generally sufficient to know what is meant . . .
That's my impression, but I figured I ought to double-check, and
found that link, and the definition on that page is as useful as
anything else, I think. :)
Julia
I asked someone in the UK who uses that word frequently (it is in his
.sig file, for whatever that says about him) and his response was
that as far as he knew there is no significant difference, and that
it is interchangeable with "whining" . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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