http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/wend/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/wend/comment-page-1/#comment-55926 Jim Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:36:36 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/wend/#comment-55926 I found this discussion because I was wondering about the past tense of "wend"... "wended" sounds too clumsy. Frankly, I was hoping to find that it was "wound", which I think would still be a reasonable substitute, considering the etymology of both words in the sense of "turning". I found this discussion because I was wondering about the past tense of “wend”… “wended” sounds too clumsy. Frankly, I was hoping to find that it was “wound”, which I think would still be a reasonable substitute, considering the etymology of both words in the sense of “turning”.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/wend/comment-page-1/#comment-11399 Wendy Went Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:37:42 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/wend/#comment-11399 Also it would be nice, as a side note, to correctly say, Wendy went her way through wormwood woods. Also it would be nice, as a side note, to correctly say, Wendy went her way through wormwood woods.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/wend/comment-page-1/#comment-11398 Wendy Went Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:32:52 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/02/12/wend/#comment-11398 I like went as past tense of wend especially for 21st century use. Let just put the wend back into went, and keep is easy to say. I like went as past tense of wend especially for 21st century use. Let just put the wend back into went, and keep is easy to say.

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