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submitted 1 month ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

voice-dampening? as in, it moisturises your breath?

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It makes you sound like the voice-over of a 90's, late night commercial for a phone sex number.

[–] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Call Priest Chatback and talk to priests you want to know

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It makes your voice less audible. This is dampening as slowing or quieting

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

nope, that's a star trek-ism. limiting oscillations -> damping. making something wet -> dampening.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dampen verb 3

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

usage notes

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The usage note pertains to usage 4, not 3

A screenshot of Wiktionary showing the entries for dampen with highlighting on definition 4's proscribed flag and usage

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

sound is not a nonphysical thing. it's a mechanical vibration. besides, we were talking specifically about the present participle "dampening" which is far less ambiguous.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

And so dampening is fine

[–] lime@feddit.nu -1 points 4 weeks ago

no, you even highlighted that it is proscribed. "dampening" has only one meaning, which is to make wet. the word is "damping". it doesn't dampen your voice, it damps it.