Talk:whinge
Latest comment: 4 years ago by 90.186.72.21 in topic Gerund form
I was just reading an Australian newspaper and came across "whingeing" as a spelling. --Stranger 01:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
Oh come on, this is _not_ a real word, just a typo of whine. There is no way I'm taking this seriously unless I see a plausible etymology and citations from at least two reputable dictionaries.76.126.134.152 12:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
It's certainly a real word, and one that I've heard a lot in Britain. Here's Chambers: whinge, vi to complain peevishly; to whine; to cry fretfully. n a peevish complaint. 86.131.102.228 00:12, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- Absolutely a real word, this is just another whinge from 'muricans who don't speak or write proper English. Robert Ullmann 00:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- Strangely enough, I just heard that word today on Prairie Home Companion. 71.63.87.202 17:24, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Gerund form edit
Whinging or whingeing? Spblat (talk) 18:55, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- whingeing looks odd, but *whinging looks like it would come from *whing, not whinge (see singing and singeing) Chuck Entz (talk) 19:27, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- Yes. I think thetendency is that verbs in -nge use -ngeing when there is another verb in -ng; otherwise they simply take -nging (like cringe, because there is no *cring). Ngrams shows that "whingeing" is more common than "whinging" overall, so it's definitely more common as a form of "whinge". 90.186.72.21 17:24, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
- What I don't understand, though, is why "to age" has "ageing". Seems unnecessary to me. 90.186.72.21 17:29, 27 May 2019 (UTC)