58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square121fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down126file-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 · 2 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoEven the second one isn’t pronounced the same. Some accents drop the th sound in clothes which is why they can sound similar.
Even the second one isn’t pronounced the same. Some accents drop the th sound in clothes which is why they can sound similar.