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-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.
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.