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Re: [DL] RE: spelling
Kevin Flynn wrote:
>
> Someone asked why people spell "whine" as "whinge".
>
> Because they are two different words.
>
> You can whine about something, and you can have a whinge about something
> else.
>
> Maybe it is not an american word? I'm australian and it makes sense to me.
> Americans dont speak english well, anyway! (waits for responses...)
>
> Kevin Flynn.
No, we don't speak English very well at all, but we speak American PERFECTLY.
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