In which I whinge.

[nonionay]

Oh yeah. I discovered (via Red Dwarf) that Brits actually do pronounce "whinge" as it looks. So whine and whinge really are two completely different words, not just different spellings. Apologies to all my Commonwealth critique partners, upon whom I have imposed my ignorant America-centrism over the years.

But Jesus, that bugs the heck out of me.

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whinge
Pronunciation[hwinj, winj]
–verb (used without object), whinged, whing·ing. British and Australian Informal.
to complain; whine.