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 Post subject: Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:22 pm 
crypticomnius wrote: treetops12 wrote: homesick_alien wrote: treetops12 wrote: I've never thought it was wound (wooned) because that doesn't make sense. does brightly wound (wow-ned) make much more sense than (wooned)? It's 6 on one hand, Half a dozen on the other to me well, wowned makes more sense than wooned... to me.  same here i feel retarted...  i thought it was wound(as in injury) _________________ F L I C K R . ////\\\\ |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 11:46 pm
Binary Dragon wrote: Wownd is the only one that can make sense. "Brightly" is an adverb. Wooned is a noun, and can't be modified by an adverb. Wownd is a part tense verb, and can be modified by an adverb. Thus, it has to be wownd. well, couldn't it be "wooned" as in: "to brightly wound so and so", or something? just a random thought... i know nothing about proper grammar, and don't really care... i always thought it was "wowned", too. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:19 am
Binary Dragon wrote: Wownd is the only one that can make sense. "Brightly" is an adverb. Wooned is a noun, and can't be modified by an adverb. Wownd is a part tense verb, and can be modified by an adverb. Thus, it has to be wownd. I tried this argument before. People bring up the fact that wound the noun can also be a verb (I shall wound you). Of course, the phrase "Something is Brightly Wound" makes more sense than "I shall Brightly Wound you," even though both are abstract concepts, the first can at least fool you into making logical sense, and that's the point. Plus, it sounds prettier so it's more in context of the song. I never saw it any other way. Lantz wrote: i think we should adopt the German umlaut.
Wound - to be twirled or spun Wünd - an injury see? much simpler. Except English already has diphthongs instead of umlauts, which means that it would be spelled "wuend," and that's just stupid. And, since Americans don't like ligatures in their diphthongs (too much pronunciation for one syllable, we have stuff to do,) it would be spelled wund, and would be mistakenly pronounced with a short u sound, like "wond" in "wonder." Of course, since the "ou" in "wound" is already a diphthong, why change it at all? Maybe the other "wound" should be "waund," but then people would be tempted to pronounce it in a way that's just too German for my taste. _________________ Scriptozoology, a screenwriting blog .. Facebook |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:28 am
It's summertime guys. Deep thinking is not allowed. 
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:49 am
do not be afraid. wrote: Binary Dragon wrote: Wownd is the only one that can make sense. "Brightly" is an adverb. Wooned is a noun, and can't be modified by an adverb. Wownd is a part tense verb, and can be modified by an adverb. Thus, it has to be wownd. well, couldn't it be "wooned" as in: "to brightly wound so and so", or something? just a random thought... i know nothing about proper grammar, and don't really care... i always thought it was "wowned", too. Yes, wound (wooned) can be a verb. _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:50 am
do not be afraid. wrote: Binary Dragon wrote: Wownd is the only one that can make sense. "Brightly" is an adverb. Wooned is a noun, and can't be modified by an adverb. Wownd is a part tense verb, and can be modified by an adverb. Thus, it has to be wownd. well, couldn't it be "wooned" as in: "to brightly wound so and so", or something? just a random thought... i know nothing about proper grammar, and don't really care... i always thought it was "wowned", too. One problem there. The verb "to woond" is the infinitive. In English, unlike most other languages, the infinitive is not complete without both the "to" and the bare infinitive form of the verb. This, of course, is what leads to so many problems as people attempt to unknowingly split their infinitives. The point being that the only way "woond" can be grammatically correct as a verb is if the title was "To Woond Brightly." "To Brightly Woond" of course not being acceptable due to the aformentioned problem of spliting ones infinitives. Thus still leaving the only possible grammatically correct choice being "Brightly Wownd." _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:01 am
Binary Dragon wrote: do not be afraid. wrote: Binary Dragon wrote: Wownd is the only one that can make sense. "Brightly" is an adverb. Wooned is a noun, and can't be modified by an adverb. Wownd is a part tense verb, and can be modified by an adverb. Thus, it has to be wownd. well, couldn't it be "wooned" as in: "to brightly wound so and so", or something? just a random thought... i know nothing about proper grammar, and don't really care... i always thought it was "wowned", too. One problem there. The verb "to woond" is the infinitive. In English, unlike most other languages, the infinitive is not complete without both the "to" and the bare infinitive form of the verb. This, of course, is what leads to so many problems as people attempt to unknowingly split their infinitives. The point being that the only way "woond" can be grammatically correct as a verb is if the title was "To Woond Brightly." "To Brightly Woond" of course not being acceptable due to the aformentioned problem of spliting ones infinitives. Thus still leaving the only possible grammatically correct choice being "Brightly Wownd." You're boggling my mind!  _________________ I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it’s in my heart and in my soul. –Sara Quin |
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Joined: 06 Apr 2006 | Posts: 2522 | Location: Bay Area, California
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:30 am
I used to call it Brightly Wounded.
(as in wooned) _________________ "The Internet... that's the one with e-mail, right?" |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:21 am
we had this debate before oddly enough the answer is: depends on which version you hear |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:20 pm
Binary Dragon wrote: do not be afraid. wrote: Binary Dragon wrote: Wownd is the only one that can make sense. "Brightly" is an adverb. Wooned is a noun, and can't be modified by an adverb. Wownd is a part tense verb, and can be modified by an adverb. Thus, it has to be wownd. well, couldn't it be "wooned" as in: "to brightly wound so and so", or something? just a random thought... i know nothing about proper grammar, and don't really care... i always thought it was "wowned", too. One problem there. The verb "to woond" is the infinitive. In English, unlike most other languages, the infinitive is not complete without both the "to" and the bare infinitive form of the verb. This, of course, is what leads to so many problems as people attempt to unknowingly split their infinitives. The point being that the only way "woond" can be grammatically correct as a verb is if the title was "To Woond Brightly." "To Brightly Woond" of course not being acceptable due to the aformentioned problem of spliting ones infinitives. Thus still leaving the only possible grammatically correct choice being "Brightly Wownd." well, as i said, i know nothing about proper grammar, and don't really care, but i sort of guessed that already, just not in enough time to not post and make myself look like the idiot i am. oh well. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:48 pm
The answer is "wound". 
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Joined: 23 Mar 2005 | Posts: 1919 | Location: In a glass case of emotion
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:15 am
I've always thought it was woond, but I guess it all depends on how you learned it. ruff, rooof surup, seerup eye-ther, eether _________________ Dad: What were you simling at? Leah: Well I was looking at the mini-doughnuts, and mini-doughnuts always make me smile. |
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Post subject: well... Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:13 am
i always thought that it was brightly wooned until i was talking to my friend who called it brightly wowned & i was like, oh, dear i've been saying it wrong this whole time, so i went and looked at the spelling and realised it was one of those words, like "live" & "live". so i brought it up to him, and he said he thought it was wowned not wooned, but i wasn't so sure... _________________ what makes something special isn't it's ability to blend in, but rather it's ability to stand out. hugs are way better than kisses can you can hug just about anyone without them slapping you or anything... .my favorite trevor. |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:37 am
Well here is my take on it... I've always said or thought "wooned" and here is my defence. In the song Sherri says "it makes me want to cry" and usually you cry when you have been wounded in some way or another. But that also takes us back to the other argument about whether it is "it makes me want to cry. I love you." or "it makes me want to cry I love you." In the lyrics section though on the forum they have it typed like this: "...it makes me want to cry. I love you..." I think it all just depends on how each person individually looks at it as to how they say it! _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:41 am
Brightly Wowned. When you wind a clock, it makes a sound. Bright can be used to describe a sound. ie: a bright sound or a dark sound. Brightly Wound. Winding something which in turn sounds bright. How is that abstract? |
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