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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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