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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Stop Whinging”.

Is that a British saying? My Mother used to say that and I had no idea where she got it. I never heard anyone else use that expression. I finally thought she just made it up. The fact that it’s British doesn’t make much sense either. She was from Southwest Philadelphia of Irish Descent.


183 posted on 05/29/2007 6:50:11 AM PDT by Barb4Bush
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From: http://www.answers.com/whinge

whinge intr.v. Chiefly British., whinged, whing·ing, whing·es.
To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.

[Dialectal alteration of Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian.]

289 posted on 05/29/2007 9:29:04 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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