58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-square38fedilinkarrow-up1140file-text
arrow-up1140message-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 · 3 days agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agothey are very different in my mind. perhaps because i first came across them in their respective contexts through reading. even when speaking, to me, lose rhymes with booze and loose rhymes with goose. this has never been a problem for me, personally.
they are very different in my mind. perhaps because i first came across them in their respective contexts through reading.
even when speaking, to me, lose rhymes with booze and loose rhymes with goose.
this has never been a problem for me, personally.