What's the difference between "whine" and "whinge"?

[bbernardini]

Other than the "g" and the pronunciation, of course.

[billyskank]

1. Whingeing is more British

I dunno, I'm making this shit up. ;)

[Aristus]

2. No, you're right, billy. One is American English, the other is Brit English.

B-)

[bbernardini]

8. Technically, the question was driven by Australian usage.

:)

[wildhorses]

3. i see a botlle of wine either way

so i think it is okay as long as you serve it with cheese;)

[supernova]

4. Sidebar: US UK confusions

This student in Durham (original one) wrote this a long time ago. I was so tickled with it that I still remember it. It was prefaced by a long, winding story about how he got himself in trouble over here as a Boy Scout camp counselor one summer. :rofl: That story is now gone, sadly, but the list remains.

Here is

http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/95q4/uk.html">The **COMPLETE** us & uk confusions

[Writer]

5. Spellings, too, especially since we tend to swap readings.

I started reading Tolkien in Second Grade. I picked up a lot of words from reading his books, including the spelling: T-H-E-A-T-R-E. I wrote an essay for school one afternoon using this spelling, after which my teacher (who thought I was mentally slow, btw :eyes:) stopped by to correct me. To this day, I really don't understand what difference it makes as to whether I write in American or English English. I'm used to writing in American diction, but so what if I want to adopt a new programme? :shrug:

[China_cat]

6. the Atlantic ocean

[PassingFair]

7. Whinging has crying thrown into the mix.

Horrible stuff, that whinging.