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the sound that turns sympathy into the urge to leave the room
means To complain in a feeble, drawn-out, high-pitched way — or to make that same thin, plaintive sound, as a dog or a strained engine might.
from From Old English hwīnan, 'to make a whizzing or whistling sound,' a cousin of Old Norse hvīna, 'to whiz through the air.' It began as pure noise — the sound of something cutting through wind — and only later narrowed to the particular human noise of grievance, dragging its high thin pitch along with it.
- frequency trap
- Pitches near a baby's cry hijack human attention
- dog dialect
- Canines whine to negotiate, not just complain
- homophone chaos
- Spell-check rarely catches whine versus wine
- engine version
- Mechanical whine warns of failing bearings or belts
for instance
wine country — napa valley produces 90% of california's wine output
bordeaux region — france's aquitaine produces 700 million bottles annually
barossa valley — south australia's premier wine region established 1843