Aussie Group Re-Runs 4

[DrSpike]

It's whinge, and it just means the same as whine. We use it in England as well.

[finbar]

Originally posted by DrSpike
You can write your posts in blue if you want. Making the whole post a hyperlink to make it blue would be somewhat hamfisted.

I have a Masters in it, I'm working towards my PhD.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by finbar


I have a Masters in it, I'm working towards my PhD.

In hamfistedness?

/me bemoans the proliferation of hokum degrees in today's world.

[finbar]

Originally posted by DrSpike


In hamfistedness?

Yse. See? That earns me Honours in Hamfisted Typing 101.

DrSpike bemoans the proliferation of hokum degrees in today's world.

I suspect you're an ideal candiate for my Degree Course in Pomposity Pricking. Care to enrol? You can never have too many qualifications.

[srholmes]

Originally posted by SuperSneak
So am I to understand that I'm talking about the universally known word "whine", and you are talking about some word spelled (sic) "whing", which I am assuming is the Australian cousin of "whine"?

Yes, it is an entirely distinct, albeit similar, word.


Here is a useful link you may find interesting....

[Alexander's Horse]

and thus ends another Aussie thread - on something close to every Australian's heart - grammar

Ming please close.

[Hydey]

so did Mrs Horse have a good birthday ?

[Ming]

Time for a new one