58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-up1199arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoAnd here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agooh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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.