58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was lookingmessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1120file-text
arrow-up1120message-squareIt's pretty cruel, particularly for non-native English speakers, that 'lose' and 'loose' seemingly switched spellings, meanings and pronunciations with each other when no one was looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoMostly the “reasons” just boil down to etymology. We spell things the way the languages we stole them from spelled them.
Mostly the “reasons” just boil down to etymology. We spell things the way the languages we stole them from spelled them.