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Old 06-19-2017, 05:20 PM
SunnyDee SunnyDee is offline
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Wooden or wood?

Wood picks. Wood furniture. Wood trim. Wood bindings.

Why do we say wooden? It's in the lexicon only out of conventional use regardless of the error in its etymology.

Wooden means a material of a wood quality that is not wood. But, I see it used all the time for items made of wood. Would it be fair to say our acoustic guitars are wooden, meaning, wood-like?

Sorry, pet peeve.

Otherwise, being strictly a finger picker, I can't say anything about wood picks other than they look cool.
Regardless of etymology, it also just means made of wood. Like "a wooden spoon" in the kitchen? Perhaps the usage varies regionally, but it's not incorrect.

I ordered a few of the Thali wood/wooden picks, but a friend has them now. He said one of the thin ones broke right away, but he likes the thicker ones.
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