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?

  • Lmaydev@programming.dev
    4·
    10 months ago

    Not really there’s an added g to make a word that means exactly the same. I can understand how that might be confusing if you haven’t heard it spoken.

    • TeaHands@lemmy.world
      72·
      10 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@programming.dev
        3·
        10 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.