Bgugi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIs thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up172
arrow-up172message-squareIs thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?Bgugi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareDonjuanme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoWhinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?
minus-squareReCursing@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoWhinge is a perfectly reasonable word
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 days agoShhh, you’ll confuse the Americans who have never bothered to know anything about the culture of one of their most ideologically similar allies who literally speak the same language.
minus-squareandyburke@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoWe saw the beans on toast and and we left. 🤷♂️ j/k - the people in charge here are wild narcissists just like in the UK.
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI never said the ideological similarities were good ones. Thatcher can rot in hell.
minus-squareApepollo11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoI’m not entirely sure I read your comment correctly, but it sounds like you’ve never heard the word “whinging” before. For the avoidance of doubt, it’s a real word. It rhymes with “hinging”.
minus-squaretuck182@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoAnd in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.
minus-squareAnAmericanPotato@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agohttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/whinge
Whinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?
Whinge is a perfectly reasonable word
Shhh, you’ll confuse the Americans who have never bothered to know anything about the culture of one of their most ideologically similar allies who literally speak the same language.
We saw the beans on toast and and we left. 🤷♂️
j/k - the people in charge here are wild narcissists just like in the UK.
I never said the ideological similarities were good ones. Thatcher can rot in hell.
I’m not entirely sure I read your comment correctly, but it sounds like you’ve never heard the word “whinging” before.
For the avoidance of doubt, it’s a real word. It rhymes with “hinging”.
And in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whinge