Subj : Re: Submarine Deaths
To   : Ogg
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jun 25 2023 02:59 pm

-=> Ogg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 pF> Yes, it's light. Yes it has great tensile strength. But,
 pF> it shatters. Some of the newer America's Cup sailboats
 pF> shattered in the waves and foundered.

 Og> Founder, such a strange word.  It means to fail (which is a
 Og> negative thing)..

 Og> Break down, literally or metaphorically
 Og> "The wall foundered"

 Og> Fail utterly; collapse
 Og> "The project foundered"

Yes...

 Og> Yet is also means to create (which is a positive thing)..

 Og> A person who founds or establishes some institution

No...

"Foundered" is not the same word as "Founds".



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