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Slightly off topic, but since there are linguists here I thought I'd ask. Does the word winningest seem wrong to other people? It's such a foreign word to me
by meditative 6y ago
Slightly off topic, but since there are linguists here I thought I'd ask. Does the word winningest seem wrong to other people? It's such a foreign word to me that feels absolutely wrong. I only really hear it when watching US sports.
I'm from Australia, where we follow en-GB relatively closely for perspective.
- Lammy 6y ago"ultimate"? Then the runner-up is the penultimate.
- pacaro 6y agoIt feels ugly to me, but there doesn't seem to be a concise alternative. It's usually used to refer to a person's record of wins, as in the coach who has lead a team to more wins than any other coach, at which point they are the winningest. He's the... winningest coach most successful coach when measured by how many wins coach with the best win-loss ratio ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- cik2e 6y ago“Most winning” would be the correct alternative, with the same number of syllables although to me it does feel more concise. As an American, I also hate this made up word.
- PhineasRex 6y agoWhile it looks weird written down, "winningest" feels lovely in the mouth