I have noticed lately that a lot of users on Lemmy spell whining as “whinging” what’s up with that? I could understand if it was misspelled “wining” or somthing but that extra g really confuses me. Is this a misspelling specific for some region or is it lingo of some sort?

  • @[email protected]
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    59 months ago

    Whining and whinging are definitely not the same thing, but I’m struggling to articulate why. Just something British (and I guess Australian, judging by this thread) folks grow up with and intuitively understand.

    • @Lmaydev
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      39 months ago

      I know what you mean as a Brit. In my head whining is more high pitch haha

      But technically they have the same definition.