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-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.
I’d just leave the word out! Or maybe “kind of”. Or “semantic” is an option but I’m not sure about it.