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-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoDon’t get me started on ough and ead. The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agohttps://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
Don’t get me started on ough and ead.
The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
I read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
https://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F