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-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.
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.