58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square66fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·edit-21 month agoThe bigger problem is that lose should rhyme with pose or close. Loose is fine.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month 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-up9·1 month 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-21 month agoHow can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agohttps://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.