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Please stop this insanity.

Posts: 2,485 Member
edited January 8 in Chit-Chat
BEWARE; Whinging below

Guys. You 'lose' weight.

You do not 'loose' it.

This insanity needs to end.

Please.

That is all.

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  • Posts: 14,025 Member
    You misspelled "whining" which made me smile at the irony. :flowerforyou: :happy:
  • Posts: 194 Member
    What is whinging? She also used the semi colon incorrectly.
  • Posts: 619 Member
    lols
  • Posts: 1,421 Member
    Ah, a language barrier.
    "To whinge" is the English (British) equivalent of the English (American) "to whine."

    Semicolon is one word. Yes, looks like it was used incorrectly unless there are British punctuation rules I don't know.
  • Posts: 194 Member
    Ahhh like *kitten*? Interesting...still don't like that semi colon
  • Posts: 1,479 Member
    Seriously :noway: ? She did not spell whinging wrong.

    whinge
    intr.v. whinged, whing·ing, whing·es Chiefly British
    To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
  • Posts: 550 Member
    You misspelled "whining" which made me smile at the irony. :flowerforyou: :happy:

    We use whinging here in the UK, so it's correct for me and many others here ha ha
  • Posts: 2,485 Member
    Whinging is a term used to describe the act of complaining. It is indeed similar to 'whining'

    I apologise for the semicolon. My phone was actually responsible for that.
  • Posts: 205 Member
    Whinging is the British version of whining, and is correct.
  • Posts: 147 Member
    Ah, a language barrier.
    "To whinge" is the English (British) equivalent of the English (American) "to whine."

    Semicolon is one word. Yes, looks like it was used incorrectly unless there are British punctuation rules I don't know.

    We use both terms, here in New Zealand! =)
  • Posts: 1,894 Member
    We use whinging and whining in Australia. We are an easy going bunch.
  • Posts: 1,421 Member
    Regarding the OP, yes, you are correct... no one will ever "loose" weight. I figure it's a battle not worth fighting though, like "your" and "you're."
  • Posts: 2,485 Member
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    We use both terms, here in New Zealand! =)

    As do we Australians.
  • Posts: 1,289 Member
    *waves at fellow Kiwi*

    I use both as well, whinge and whine
  • Posts: 213
    Whinging is a term used to describe the act of complaining. It is indeed similar to 'whining'

    I apologise for the semicolon. My phone was actually responsible for that.

    I find this topic highly amusing, I does make me chuckle when people spell it loose... and then it gets even better when you have been picked up for whinging and not whining ;0)

    Personally I have loose clothes due to my good weight loss
  • Posts: 2,485 Member
    Regarding the OP, yes, you are correct... no one will ever "loose" weight. I figure it's a battle not worth fighting though, like "your" and "you're."

    I mostly find it confusing. Is it just a really common spelling error or do some people actually say "I want to loose weight"?
  • Posts: 1,421 Member
    I think it's a general failure of the (apparently worldwide) educational system...

    Seriously, it's just spelling and general knowledge. I guess they don't know it's not the same word. People definitely say they want to LUZE weight, not LUCE weight, if that's the right phonetic spelling of the sounds.
  • Posts: 2,485 Member
    Another one that confuses me is "I weighted myself" as opposed to 'weighed'
    Is this a language based thing?
  • Posts: 55
    No, this is an IQ thing.
  • Posts: 1,421 Member
    LOL! I haven't seen that one much. It may be a smart phone auto correct thing?

    I weighted myself to go SCUBA diving years ago... as in I put lead weight in a belt.
  • Posts: 8,329 Member
    i wonder how many of the spelling sticklers can solve a calculus equation or explain maxwell's equations in plain and simple terms :laugh:

    in any case, i always picture the "loosing weight" people saying it like mr. burns from the simpsons : "smithers let loose the weight"
  • Posts: 3
    Wow I'm absolutely amazed Americans haven't heard of the word whinging. It's a great word, used in Australia too, and is has subtle differences from the word whining. It's somebody who 'complains persistently and in a peevish or irritating way'.
  • Posts: 14,025 Member
    Wow I'm absolutely amazed Americans haven't heard of the word whinging. It's a great word, used in Australia too, and is has subtle differences from the word whining. It's somebody who 'complains persistently and in a peevish or irritating way'.

    Nope, I have never encountered it before.
  • Posts: 28,072 Member
    Another one that confuses me is "I weighted myself" as opposed to 'weighed'
    Is this a language based thing?

    It's a typing brain fart thing - I type it all the time by mistake, and just hope to notice it before I hit send/reply/post.


    edited: I felt the need to use the more accurate way of showing a contraction due to the subject matter of the post, so added the thingy.
  • Posts: 6,420 Member
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  • Posts: 640 Member
    It will never change... people are determined to 'loose' weight! I just accept it and read it as lose now... I even get confused when people say their clothes are loose. Drives me crazy. Yes, whinging is completely right, you weren't whinging.
  • Posts: 2,675 Member
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    It's a typing brain fart thing - I type it all the time by mistake, and just hope to notice it before I hit send/reply/post.


    edited: I felt the need to use the more accurate way of showing a contraction due to the subject matter of the post, so added the thingy.

    I've never spotted you doing that, Sara, but I have spotted it a lot on the forums, mainly from Americans. I wonder if it's an air-borne spelling error :laugh: (Did I get 'air-borne' right?)
  • Posts: 2,564 Member
    *crosses one of the list* ,Just need three more.
  • Posts: 1,093 Member
    Excuse me sir, can you spare some loose weight?
  • Posts: 3,187 Member
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