snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoIn the phrase “a long-winded response”, “winded” can be pronounced as in “wind” or as in “wind”, and both make etymological sense.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down110
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareIn the phrase “a long-winded response”, “winded” can be pronounced as in “wind” or as in “wind”, and both make etymological sense.snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 hours agoYou don’t mean “etymological sense”; only one of these is the correct etymology
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoFair enough. I can’t think of a punchy way of saying what I mean. Do you know what I mean? And how could I have said it?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoI’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.
You don’t mean “etymological sense”; only one of these is the correct etymology
Fair enough. I can’t think of a punchy way of saying what I mean. Do you know what I mean? And how could I have said it?
I’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.