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Originally Posted by BetterRed
The term 'borrowed/loan word' is silly, no one ever returns them to the people from whom they borrowed them  |
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James Nicoll (1961 - )
Having said that, I come from Norwich, Norfolk, and whinge is certainly a native word as far as I'm concerned.