58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 6 heuresIt'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-square20fedilinkarrow-up172file-text
arrow-up172message-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 · il y a 6 heuresmessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·edit-2il y a 6 heuresThe bigger problem is that lose should rhyme with pose or close. Loose is fine.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·il y a 5 heuresDon’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-up7·il y a 4 heuresI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
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”
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