"A lot" is two words. No exceptions.
Back to the question. I never heard "whinger." Thought it was a typo for "whiner." Apparently there are whingers and whiners.
whinge is a good expressive word, and of course Aussies are famous for calling English immigrants who complain about everything 'whinging Poms'
Whinger not used in US English?
It's a word I've known all my life.
'Bleater' is another very similar one. (As in the noise a goat makes which sounds like whinging
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Re: what is the word/phrase for a person who complains a lot
miazhou wrote:i find here very helpful).
thanks!
In English we don't use 'here' in this fashion, Miazhou.
I find it very helpful here. OR I find this place very helpful.
thanks JTT for correcting me.
Whinging and whining are separate things Roberta.
Word for a person who complains a lot.
POMMY (pommie)
but that denotes other things as well, dadpad. You couldn't use 'don't be a pommy' to, say, a Singaporean whinger.
Clary wrote:but that denotes other things as well, dadpad. You couldn't use 'don't be a pommy' to, say, a Singaporean whinger.
Nope - because whingeing is a qualifying adjective that only applies to Poms!
I doubt that the absence of one posting will go very far in perpetuating this particular word, but since this particular appellation is not of my dialect, I ask strictly in a language sense, does being a 'pom', 'pommy/pommie' entail that there is whinging involved or can one be one of these just by being a Brit?
Does it always have a negative meaning or can it be neutral, like, say, Canuck, Aussie or Kiwi?
I ask again, is whinge a soundalike to hinge?
ossobuco wrote:I ask again, is whinge a soundalike to hinge?
You can hear it here, Ossobuco.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=whinge
ossobuco wrote:I ask again, is whinge a soundalike to hinge?
Yes.
Viz: whingehead is an Australian who posts on A2K sometimes.
JTT wrote:I doubt that the absence of one posting will go very far in perpetuating this particular word, but since this particular appellation is not of my dialect, I ask strictly in a language sense, does being a 'pom', 'pommy/pommie' entail that there is whinging involved or can one be one of these just by being a Brit?
Does it always have a negative meaning or can it be neutral, like, say, Canuck, Aussie or Kiwi?
Whingeing and Pom go together. Neither word stands alone! There's no neutrality involved!
margo wrote:JTT wrote:I doubt that the absence of one posting will go very far in perpetuating this particular word, but since this particular appellation is not of my dialect, I ask strictly in a language sense, does being a 'pom', 'pommy/pommie' entail that there is whinging involved or can one be one of these just by being a Brit?
Does it always have a negative meaning or can it be neutral, like, say, Canuck, Aussie or Kiwi?
Whingeing and Pom go together. Neither word stands alone! There's no neutrality involved!
Is this a factual representation of the word or a personal opinion, Margo?
Just a by the bye, my own personal musings. It's funny how a word can seem to have a truly dark meaning and even a dark history to those that it does actually have a meaning for. To me, the odd time that I heard/read the word, in whatever form, it seemed to carry no overly negative connotations.
JTT wrote:margo wrote:JTT wrote:I doubt that the absence of one posting will go very far in perpetuating this particular word, but since this particular appellation is not of my dialect, I ask strictly in a language sense, does being a 'pom', 'pommy/pommie' entail that there is whinging involved or can one be one of these just by being a Brit?
Does it always have a negative meaning or can it be neutral, like, say, Canuck, Aussie or Kiwi?
Whingeing and Pom go together. Neither word stands alone! There's no neutrality involved!
Is this a factual representation of the word or a personal opinion, Margo?
There are two types of poms.
poms and whinging poms. Spendious is the latter variety.
Well, there we are in accord.
On the word on that word site - sounds like wha-inge.
But, I do get that it isn't the same sound as whine.
Thanks...
though whine and whinge are fairly interchangeable, e g a whingeing child. Pom or pommy can be used separately from whingeing, e g in the phrase Pommy bastard.
Clary wrote:though whine and whinge are fairly interchangeable, e g a whingeing child. Pom or pommy can be used separately from whingeing, e g in the phrase Pommy bastard.
Yes - in Pommy bastard the whinge is silent (i.e. - not pronounced). It's there, though!
JTT - whaddya mean is it my personal opinion?
If I say it, it's a fact!
