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-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThey aren’t universally, just in certain dialects. I pronounce the “th” just like with “clothing.”
They aren’t universally, just in certain dialects. I pronounce the “th” just like with “clothing.”