So... How Do You Pronounce "whinging" In The U.k.

[Clanad]

I see this term a lot on this site (as well as other British articles) and assume it correlates to our (U.S.) whining... meaning uneeded, unwanted and unappreciated groaning and moaning about a person, incident or life in general...

Ours is pronounced as spelled as in "wine - ing"...

Thanks in advance for this Colonist's continuing education in all things British!

[woofgang]

Win as in not lose and jing with a hard j like jingle

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

winjing

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Wine-ing is spelled whining.

[BertiWooster]

winge in

[Clanad]

Super! Thanks, woof (rhimes with roof)...

[Zeuhl]

as in 'bingeing', 'singeing', hingeing'

the first bit is pronounced as 'win'

[jno]

I pronounce the h, so the first syllable is like whip... and then jing.

Apparently minging is different, though (a derogatory term, usually of women, that I've never had cause to utter)

[Clanad]

...And all others...system slow today!

Now back to my essay...

[Gromit]

As in

Binge (binj)
Fringe (Frinj)
Whinge (Winj)

[Chinajan]

I'd spell it 'whingeing'. Whining is a different word, from the verb to whine, rather from the verb to whinge.

[Wharton]

Snivel - rhymes with English

[Wharton]

^poetic licence :-)

[Zeuhl]

Traditionally; Poms are always 'whingeing' not 'whining'

[jno]

true, but Sydneysiders say you can tell when a planeload of Poms has landed because the whining goes on after the engines are switched off

[Clanad]

Only for the Appendix, mind you.. but what's a 'Pom'?

[Zeuhl]

Australian equivalent to 'Limey'

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

It's what the Aussies call the Brits, like the Americans call us Limeys

[Clanad]

Aha! It must have a context though... is it an abreviation or just generally understood slang... sort of like our 'Redneck'... no one can interpret what it's supposed to mean but everyone knows one when they see one...

[Peter Pedant]

winj

the other one is the other cardinal sin - wining or wyning

[Iluvspikey]

Whin - jing