Snakebite Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Ever notice how the addition of one letter can totally reverse the meaning of a word? Winner vs Whinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 "E" Weiner vs Whinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: "E" Weiner vs Whinner Gee, I thought you were going with Petitefogger.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Skinner Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I know what a whiner is. What is a whinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Snakebite said: Ever notice how the addition of one letter can totally reverse the meaning of a word? Winner vs Whinner Oh.......... indeed. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 49 minutes ago, Bull Skinner said: I know what a whiner is. What is a whinner? From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary whinner intransitive verb whin·ner | \ ˈhwinə(r) also ˈwi- \ Definition of whinner 1dialectal : to whine feebly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Skinner Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 My bad. I had never seen it spelled with 2 N’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Perhaps you were being intransitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Skinner Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 It's just that most whiners are doing so in a non-feeble manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder SASS #13056 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 38 minutes ago, Bull Skinner said: My bad. I had never seen it spelled with 2 N’s. So can we now whine about spelling whining? I think I'll have another wine myself - as long as it doesn't make me a whinner. Oh, that may be the reasons for the different spelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Shapiro Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 This book was really fun: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe-ebook/dp/B01MXDP5G4/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=thurber&qid=1625103580&sr=8-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Saloon...Salon... Hint hint... Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I had to throw my .02 in there too but I agree.... How can one truly be a winner if he's a whiner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Tennessee williams said: How can one truly be a winner if he's a whiner? You can Whine LOUD and whine Often. (now you can go look up 'loud' and 'often'..... ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: You can Whine LOUD and whine Often. (now you can go look up 'loud' and 'often'..... ..........Widder I was looking up Loud but liar came first in the dictionary and it distracted me. It was right next to a picture of some gunfighter from E. TN. Sadly those with the loudest voices get heard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 ι ὁμοούσιον ὁμοιούσιος Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Doc Shapiro said: This book was really fun: https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe-ebook/dp/B01MXDP5G4/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=thurber&qid=1625103580&sr=8-6 Littlejack has a map that indicates the existence of a treasure on a far and lonely island, and Black has a ship to get there. So the two bad men team up and sail off on Black's vessel, the Aeiu. The name, Black explains, is all the vowels except for O—which he hates since his mother got wedged in a porthole: They couldn't pull her in, so they had to push her out. Black and Littlejack arrive at the port and demand the treasure. No one knows anything about it, so they have their henchmen ransack the place—to no avail. But Black has a better idea: He will take over the island and purge it of O. The harsh limits of a life sans O (where shoe is she and woe is we) and how finally with a little luck and lots of pluck the islanders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 16 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Perhaps you were being intransitive. Listen up Larsen, don't call me that, I'm not a squatter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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