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

And so dampening is fine

Even if we were using it in the technical sense of would be fine

[–] lime@feddit.nu 0 points 1 week 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.