Temporary, passing away with time, lasting only a short while, momentary,
fleeting, short-lived—in which -lived is commonly mispronounced with a
short i as in give, when it should have a long i as in strive.
Does that pronunciation pronouncement surprise you? In short-lived and
long-lived, the -lived does not come from the verb to live, as many think. It
is formed from the noun life plus the suffix -ed. That is why pronunciation
authorities and careful speakers have long preferred short-LYVD and
long-LYVD, and why nearly all current American dictionaries give priority to
the long-i pronunc
Make_It_Happen
I thought the COVID-19 was transient, but I was wrong, it soon became a pandemic, and nobody knows when it will end.
蓝野TAOZI
Life is incredible transient.
蓝野TAOZI 回复 @蓝野TAOZI：
incredibly transient
王二狗Mark
Temporary, passing away with time, lasting only a short while, momentary, fleeting, short-lived—in which -lived is commonly mispronounced with a short i as in give, when it should have a long i as in strive. Does that pronunciation pronouncement surprise you? In short-lived and long-lived, the -lived does not come from the verb to live, as many think. It is formed from the noun life plus the suffix -ed. That is why pronunciation authorities and careful speakers have long preferred short-LYVD and long-LYVD, and why nearly all current American dictionaries give priority to the long-i pronunc