Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 14:23:04 09/29/99
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On September 29, 1999 at 13:37:52, Dann Corbit wrote:
>A whinging twit is:
>
>Main Entry: whinge
>Pronunciation: 'hwinj, 'winj
>Function: intransitive verb
>Inflected Form(s): whinged; whing·ing or whinge·ing
>Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English, from Old English hwinsian; akin to Old
>High German winsOn to moan
>Date: 12th century
>British : to complain fretfully : WHINE
>
>Main Entry: 1twit
>Pronunciation: 'twit
>Function: noun
>Date: 1528
>1 : an act of twitting : TAUNT
>2 : a silly annoying person : FOOL
>
>Hence, "A whining fool."
>
>My ancestry:
>Dad: 1/2 Finnish, 1/2 Norwegian {roughly}
>Mother: English, Irish, Welsh, Dutch {and a smattering of other stuff}
>
>So I'm almost Finnish, but not quite Dane.
Well, noone is perfect.
Best wishes...
Mogens
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