snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 day 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-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down17
arrow-up138arrow-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-21 day agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareFUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 day 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-up14·edit-21 day 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-squareKristellAlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day ago… That makes me viscerally uncomfortable, and I’m going to be putting it into my daily vocabulary.
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoThey should add winderised too if they’re going to do that. (sample usage: me, just now)
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 hours agoAlso, your username gave me flashbacks lol. I read it in Cuno’s voice
minus-squareFUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours 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