I’ve been seeing this crop up in a few pit threads and other assorted rants recently, and I’m assuming that this is a variation of the US whine/whining.
So, is the “g” in whinge silent, so that it sounds the same as whine, or is the “g” pronounced; and if so, does it rhyme with singe or wing? Or something else?
I never knew this was supposed to be a “Britishism.” I’m not British, but I’ve used it all my life. Picked it up from my mom. Who, as it happens, also isn’t British.
It is in common usage in Australian English too, Ironically, one of its main uses is in the expression “whingeing* Pom”, meaning an English person who comes to Australia and complains the whole time.
*I see the spelling “whingeing” more often than “whinging”.