58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square43fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 months agoNo one? They aren’t pronounced the same in any accent that I’m aware of. Edit: I’m dumb. I was reading that as the “nearby” close and not the "shut " close.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoEven the second one isn’t pronounced the same. Some accents drop the th sound in clothes which is why they can sound similar.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months agoYou’re probably thinking of the pronunciation of close as in ‘close to you’ I was thinking of the pronunciation of close as in ‘close the door’ Which is pronounced the same as clothes.
No one? They aren’t pronounced the same in any accent that I’m aware of.
Edit: I’m dumb. I was reading that as the “nearby” close and not the "shut " close.
Even the second one isn’t pronounced the same. Some accents drop the th sound in clothes which is why they can sound similar.
You’re probably thinking of the pronunciation of close as in ‘close to you’
I was thinking of the pronunciation of close as in ‘close the door’
Which is pronounced the same as clothes.
Bingo.