To: drmorgan who wrote (17323 ) 2/9/1998 9:34:00 PM From: Daniel Schuh Respond to
Windows on their world salonmagazine.com ... go around a bend and come to the wall dedicated to "The Meaning of Brand Microsoft." The scripture begins, "In these times of rapid innovation and technological change, Microsoft can be a stabilizing force -- the brand that makes sense of all that is happening, and offers personally relevant benefits to people around the world." Whinge, which rolls off the tongue so much more satisfyingly than its pale cousin "whine," is not a portmanteau word but a relic of the English language's meatier past. It incorporates whine, but with added duration, volume and pitch -- and usefully encompasses pigheadedness as well. Behind every whinge lies a stubborn insistence on only seeing the world your way. When others don't share that view, when the rest of the world lacks their true vision, then children -- and even companies of a certain mind-set -- will whinge.
