Whinger - (noun) derogatory name for someone who knows more about a subject than those who are easily pleased. ;-)
Rivert counter - (noun) derogatory name for someone who knows more about a subject than those who are easily pleased. ;-)
John.
G'day John Whinger - (noun) Normally preceded by the word Pommie LOL Graeme Hearn
"Graeme Hearn" wrote
Hi matey,
It's been redefined; in Anglo-Aussie terms it now refers to the Aussie sports media when talking about that *other* game of Rugby! ;-)
John.
Not Aussie sports media, for that read NSW and Q'ld sports media, in Vic. S.A., W.A., Tassie etc., most people didn't give a stuff about thugby. Regards, Bill.
In message , Graeme Hearn writes
Don't start that again, or we'll let everyone know who the poms learnt to whinge from.
In message , William Pearce writes
Those must be the states where they whinge about the standard of cricket touring teams.
It's still "whinging pom" here in NZ. :-)
Greg.P. NZ.
In message , Gregory Procter writes
I suggest you stop listening to those Australians and start deciding things for yourselves.
"John Sullivan" wrote
Brilliant comment. ;-)
John.
What Australians?
"Whinging Poms" are so known because of their tendency to whinge. It's most definitely not all Poms and it's not tourist Poms, it's those immigrants who regularly or continuously complain that things are "done differently/better back in Britain". On the "squeaky wheel" principle those are the Poms who get noticed, obviously in Australia as well as NZ. Probably the other 90% (?) happily merge with the general population and go unnoticed.
To keep this on the railway theme, there was my old schoolboy chum who came from London around 1960. He went into the local bookshop but couldn't find an ABC book of loco numbers, so wandered down to the main railway line with a pencil and sheet of paper. The local shunting loco wandered past with a few wagons so he noted the the number - 20 minutes later it trundled back with a short rake of loaded wagons. An hour later it spluttered past with more empties. About this time he figured why "train spotting" isn't a popular hobby in NZ. :-)
Regards, Greg.P. NZ.
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