Talk:Spreading (debate)

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As a portmanteau of two words with an /iː/ vowel, this spread is probably /spɹiːd/, without a Wiktionary entry, a homograph unrelated to spread /spɹɛd/? (It would be less ambiguous then to spell it spreed but I assume that ship has sailed.)--88.71.78.197 (talk) 04:39, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Actually, I'm not entirely sure that's the real etymology of the term. If it were really a portmanteau of speed and read, it would rhyme with both, and it doesn't. Spreading is advancing a large number of unrelated arguments, all of which need individual responses, with the intent of not giving the opponent enough time to respond to all of them. Because of the time limits, and the fact that arguments need evidence read out for them from your file, this is generally done by speaking quickly. The faster you speak, the quicker the argument can be made, and the more time there is left to advance more arguments. By advancing many you are able to spread out the arguments and make them difficult to respond to in a group. 198.153.92.254 (talk) 17:46, 24 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Late to the discussion, but I think that was the OP's point, is it pronounced like "spread" or is it "spreeding"? I get the response that they are "spreading out" a bunch of arguments, but there is clearly speed-reading employed to do that. Also, we do have a source that says that's the origin of the term. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Having now read that source in it's entirety, it seems like the author uses it the same way as as "spread" is normally used. I guess we just leave it as is. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)