snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 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-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down111
arrow-up150arrow-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 · 9 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoYou don’t mean “etymological sense”; only one of these is the correct etymology
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days 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-up2·7 days 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.