whinging in the U. S. press

[Lynne Murphy]

A note about 'whinging' in the British press:  They spell it
'whingeing'.  According to the New Oxford DoE, that's the only way to
spell it.  Don't ask me why...

Lynne


>The New York Times
>
>  September 3, 2000, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
>
>You'd think, after the risible rift between Dan Quayle and Murphy
>Brown, that Republicans would know better than to whinge about
>fictional characters.

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Dr M Lynne Murphy
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School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
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