58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square117fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-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 day agomessage-square117fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·19 hours agoI was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.
I was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.