Bgugi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 天前Is thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down115
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareIs thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?Bgugi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 天前message-square14fedilink
minus-squareDonjuanme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down12·3 天前Whinging 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-up17·3 天前Whinge is a perfectly reasonable word
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down5·edit-23 天前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.
minus-squareandyburke@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 天前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.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 天前I never said the ideological similarities were good ones. Thatcher can rot in hell.
minus-squareApepollo11@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 天前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”.
minus-squaretuck182@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 天前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.
minus-squareAnAmericanPotato@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 天前https://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