58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 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-square120fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days 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.