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.
FishFace@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
You don’t mean “etymological sense”; only one of these is the correct etymology
Fair enough. I can’t think of a punchy way of saying what I mean. Do you know what I mean? And how could I have said it?
I’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.
snek_boi@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Fair enough. I can’t think of a punchy way of saying what I mean. Do you know what I mean? And how could I have said it?
FishFace@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.