@58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 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-square120arrow-up1202file-text
arrow-up1202message-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 looking@58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square120file-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink8•8 months agoAnd here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
minus-square@ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•8 months agooh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoSo did you think “goose” was pronounced like “choose?” Understandable.
And here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
oh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
So did you think “goose” was pronounced like “choose?” Understandable.