Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: What's a minger?

QUOTE
Despite her concerns, Ravinia is still quick to defend Anouska. She says:
"Already that Jade Goody called her a minger.
"Well, I know who the minger is -- and it isn't my daughter. Anouska is well
educated, very bright and bubbly, vivacious and intelligent -- everything
that Jade isn't."
UNQUOTE
Source: 
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003230001-2003241712,00.html
Given the source -- somewhat trashy, I know -- I figured "minger" must be
British slang and looked it up in Cambridge and Oxford dictionaries. Zilch!
Then I went on to other dictionaries. Still nothing! Now I started to get
really curious, searched the web and after a while found this definition:
"Apparently, mingers are those people who're unfortunate in their
appearance. Or, to put it bluntly, ugly."
I thought I'd post it in case somebody is confronted with "minger" in a test
paper.
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Xakero

appearance. Or, to put it bluntly, ugly."
Yes, that is.
www.onelook.com
http://www.onelook.com/?w=minger&ls=a
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/m.htm
minger:  
Noun. A sexually undesirable or smelly person. 
Sebastiano
-- 
Por una mirada, un mundo;
por una sonrisa, un cielo;
por un beso... yo no sé
qué te diera por un beso.

 Noun. A sexually undesirable or smelly person. 
I believe it's quite recent slang. I hadn't heard it
at all until quite recently.
I believe it rhymes with "ringer" rather than "finger" or
"whinger". When I first saw it in print, I imagined it
rhymed with "whinger" since "minge" rhymes with "whinge".
But minger seems to have nothing to do with minge.
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 "whinger".
/windjer/?
Bye, FB

 /windjer/?
Yes. Also, ginger.
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 "singer" doesn't either.
Are you sure it isn't a local accent ?...
I don't think "singer" is different from "finger".
(Surely, I'm not mothertongue...)
--
Er Roscio.

 though no doubt there are some.
"linger" would be one
and of course things like "anger", but I think we're 
looking for "-inger" words here, aren't we?
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 (Surely, I'm not mothertongue...)
Look it up on 
wordreference.com
, Adam is right.
Ciao, ehm... bye, FB

 I don't think "singer" is different from "finger".
Anche a me non verrebbe di differenziare la pronuncia, e probabilmente
e` un errore comune di noi italiani.
Eppure e` proprio come dice Adam , controlla in qualsiasi dizionario
con i simboli fonetici della pronuncia.
-- 
Enrico C
I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.

 con i simboli fonetici della pronuncia.
Ci sono degli accenti regionali in cui "singer" ha una g
dura. Robbie Williams lo pronuncia cosi', mi pare di ricordare.
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 I don't think "singer" is different from "finger".
It's totally different.
The RP pronunciation is sin(g)er and fin(g)ger.
The pronunciation sin(g)ger is used in some regional British accents.
-- 
Mary

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OK. I surrender... :-)))
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Er Roscio.

OK. I surrender... :-)))
If you want to hear them, get the files.
It's GenAm, from 
m-w.com
, but there's the same differences between
singer and finger.
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/sebapop/Languages/finger.wav
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/sebapop/Languages/singer.wav
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/sebapop/Languages/ringer.wav
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/sebapop/Languages/linger.wav
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 ma pensavo fosse piu' noto.
Avrei una domanda da fare.
Se non erro, "longer" si pronuncia di due modi diversi, a seconda che si
tratti del comparativo di "long" o del derivato in "-er" di "to long".
Giusto?
Almeno, così è come pronuncio io. Spero di non aver sempre sbagliato.
Mi chiedo: questa è una regola generale?
Ad esempio, "stronger" si pronuncia con la 'g' (come "finger, per
intenderci), mentre "pinger" si pronuncia come "singer". Corretto?
Ho una sensazione di deja-vu. Forse l'ho già fatta questa domanda. Ah, sto
invecchiando.
Max

, mentre "pinger" si pronuncia come "singer". Corretto?
Credo di si'
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
Anvedi oh che roba!

 "singer" doesn't either. Off the top of my head,
Mi sto scervellando per capire se c'e` una regola.
Forse si deve guardare alla pronuncia della parola da cui derivano,
per esempio ring [rin(g)] o sing [sin(g)]
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 But minger seems to have nothing to do with minge.
Thank you!
I was wondering about the pronunciation, too. Now I know.
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Xakero