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Bgugi to No Stupid Questions · 1 year ago

Is thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?

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Is thinly-veiled political whinging really a question just because you used a question mark?

Bgugi to No Stupid Questions · 1 year ago
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    Whinging eh? I read that similar to whinching or winging though I know you mean whining. If we’re tossing in question marks?

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      Whinge is a perfectly reasonable word

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        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.

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          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.

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            I never said the ideological similarities were good ones. Thatcher can rot in hell.

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      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”.

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        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.

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      https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whinge

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