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-up160arrow-down111
arrow-up149arrow-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-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days 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-up3·7 days 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.