Comment on Is the person who winks the Winkor and the person who receives the wink the Winkee ?

• captainjaneway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Native English speaker here. I agree with Winker.

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    -ar is a person that does a thing. -er is a person that does action of a thing. A winkar in practice is a winker, but a winker isn’t necessarily a winkar.

    But a winkee is definitely someone subjected to a wink, whether by a winkar or a just a normal person winking.

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    • captainjaneway@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      True speaker here

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