Talk:Winding stick

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I am wondering what people's opinon's are of the pronunciation of the word "winding" when in reference to "winding sticks"?

Here in the US, (I'm in the northeast) we say it with a long I, like wind as in "I wind the string on a ball". ("w-eye-ding sticks") I have never once heard it with a short I, like wind as in "the wind blows from the west today". --Maxelrod (talk) 23:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The traditional and more common pronunciation is with the short I, as in "wind in my sales". I have rarely heard the "w-eye-ding" pronunciation, typically from woodworkers who are not hand tool users. The definitive reference is Moxon.

--decolores9 (talk) 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Joseph Moxon, in "Mechanick exercises, or the doctrine of handy works" (London: Moxon, 1683) -- which I guess is the book Decolores9 calls the definitive reference -- does not mention winding sticks, so I don't think he helps us here. So, what is the evidence that the "wind in my sails" pronunciation is traditional and more common? My grandfather (who completed his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker in Australia before the First World War) used the "wind the clock" pronunciation.

Peter Marquis-Kyle (talk) 12:48, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I believe "long I" is the correct pronounciation. Similar to how "winding your watch" means to twist the little knob, if your stock has 'wind' in it, then has some twist. And the winding sticks help you detect it. Jeffr (talk) 16:42, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]