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[–] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 2 days 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.