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-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoFair enough. I was trying to think of another way of saying what I mean and I can’t think of a punchy way of saying it. Do you have one in mind?
minus-squareGandalftheBlack@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoThe phrase “long-winded” could be reinterpreted as containing the non-standard past tense of the verb “to wind”, “winded”, and it would still make logical sense. Something like that.
Fair enough. I was trying to think of another way of saying what I mean and I can’t think of a punchy way of saying it. Do you have one in mind?
The phrase “long-winded” could be reinterpreted as containing the non-standard past tense of the verb “to wind”, “winded”, and it would still make logical sense.
Something like that.