"Whinge" means to whine or complain. It has a somewhat negative connotation
of someone being annoying, much as whining would. I'd have to have the
context to understand the "over" part, but if he is saying he doesn't want to
whinge over something, then he is saying that he does not want to appear to be
an annoying whiner. The "g" in whinge is not silent, by the way, it rhymes
with hinge.
My Australian buddies use the term a lot, mostly when speaking of the English.
"Whinging pommy bastard" seem to be three words that are as one because they
are always spoken together. :) No offense intended by me, just reporting some
observations. Pom or pommy is a whole other story.
David
-- CosmicMag1380 <cosmicmag1380@gmail.com> wrote:
My daughter was in an email discussion with an English client who was upset
by some delays. At the end of the email he wrote "whinge over" and she is
not sure what that means... To my friends across the pond and those over
here that never went back, is that the English equivalent of "rant over"? If
not, what does that mean in American?
TIA,
--
Kent
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