Comment on In the phrase “a long-winded response”, “winded” can be pronounced as in “wind” or as in “wind”, and both make etymological sense.

FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• snek_boi@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks for pointing it out. I actually had the same question and Merriam-Webster says “wound” and “winded” are interchangeable: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind

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  • klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    … That makes me viscerally uncomfortable, and I’m going to be putting it into my daily vocabulary.

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  • FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    TIL

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• snek_boi@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Also, your username gave me flashbacks lol. Read it in Cuno’s voice

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  • FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yea, think about that rabid Cuno shit

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