In article <3C00DFC7.2977B6DC@scifi-fantasy.com> , "Timothy R. Cook" 
<tim### [at] scifi-fantasycom> wrote:

> Whining is a tone of voice, primary component being
> sound.  Plain text cannot convey whining unless the
> writer notes that they are doing so.  It amazes me
> how people associate vocal inflection to raw text,
> assigning their own meaning which might not be there.

Wrong.  This is just one definition of it.  Try "to complain or protest in a
childish fashion"...

    Thorsten

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