58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square66fedilinkarrow-up1193file-text
arrow-up1193message-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 · 2 months agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·edit-22 months agoThe bigger problem is that lose should rhyme with pose or close. Loose is fine.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoDon’t get me started on ough and ead. The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the Westlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoHow can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agohttps://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI would lohz my shit if we had to pronounce it that way.
The bigger problem is that lose should rhyme with pose or close. Loose is fine.
Don’t get me started on ough and ead.
The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
I read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
How can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
https://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
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I would lohz my shit if we had to pronounce it that way.