58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours 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-square80fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours agoWords pronounced like lose? That’s easy. Close
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 hour agoClose is way closer to clothes than it is to lose. And close is more like gross.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoI was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.
Words pronounced like lose? That’s easy. Close
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.