58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 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-square121fedilinkarrow-up1200file-text
arrow-up1200message-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 · 6 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoClose is way closer to clothes than it is to lose. And close is more like gross.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoI was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.
Close is way closer to clothes than it is to lose. And close is more like gross.
I was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.