58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square120fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1173arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoAnd here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agooh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.