snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-210 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-square22fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down111
arrow-up147arrow-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-210 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoFair 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?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.
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.