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?

  • GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    Yes.

    Baader-Meinhoff phenomenon. They heard it on the show and started hearing it everywhere. It wasn’t mass adopted after the fact.

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      Not bad, both easily plausible. Next time you disagree, offer a civil counterclaim and it’s more likely to go down well.

      How hard was that?

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          “But then you wouldn’t get all worked up about it”

          READ: “You’re right”

          Take care mate, it’s only a post. Peace

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      This is probably closer to the truth, as I first heard it in Firefly in 2002 before I started hearing it everywhere.