----- Original Message ---- From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 9, 2006 6:00:17 AM Subject: Re: We Will Not Be Afraid
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! :) But it also seems to have a usage which can make it similar to wheedling or even begging. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
