[quotemsg=15778700,0,1294514][quotemsg=15778607,0,1973784]By the way, the correct expression is "sound damping," not "sound dampening." Yes I know that if you look up the definition it will say both are correct, but that's just because people have been mis-using them for so long. "Damping" means to dissipate energy. "Dampening" means to make something moist.[/quotemsg]
Well, if we're going to go to this degree of being pedantic, everyone should know that the issue lies not with the attached suffixes, but with the root word itself.
English is lovely, with its words-of-many-meanings and constantly-evolving-living-form. When taken into the context of mining, damp has another meaning that we don't see often in use.[/quotemsg]
So that's like the pot calling the kettle coked?
Ahah! See what I did there?
[quotemsg=15779488,0,470171]Not that it matters but since captain dictionary is on the crusade figured I'd chime in. According to merriam-webster:
dampening:
transitive verb
1
: to check or diminish the activity or vigor of : deaden <the heat dampened our spirits>
intransitive verb
2
: to become deadened or depressed
As in to 'deaden' or 'diminish' the activity of sound. Hence, sound dampening. It doesn't hold the single definition of 'to moisten' and maintains variable meanings according to context.
Just so you know tdshepard.[/quotemsg]
So my above response was truly on the mark, with "coke" having so many definitions
