snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 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 · 20 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareFUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·20 days agoI see what you mean, but if I were to nitpik, I’d say the past tense participle of “wind” is “wound”, not “winded”.
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-220 days agoThanks for pointing it out. I actually had the same question and… Merriam-Webster says “wound” and “winded” are interchangeable: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind
minus-squareKristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up11·20 days ago… That makes me viscerally uncomfortable, and I’m going to be putting it into my daily vocabulary.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoThey should add winderised too if they’re going to do that. (sample usage: me, just now)
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-219 days agoAlso, your username gave me flashbacks lol. I read it in Cuno’s voice
minus-squareFUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoYea, think about that rabid Cuno shit
I see what you mean, but if I were to nitpik, I’d say the past tense participle of “wind” is “wound”, not “winded”.
Thanks for pointing it out. I actually had the same question and…
Merriam-Webster says “wound” and “winded” are interchangeable: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind
… That makes me viscerally uncomfortable, and I’m going to be putting it into my daily vocabulary.
TIL
They should add winderised too if they’re going to do that. (sample usage: me, just now)
Also, your username gave me flashbacks lol. I read it in Cuno’s voice
Yea, think about that rabid Cuno shit