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·
      9 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·
        9 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·
          9 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.