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-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoWait, if they swapped meanings and then swapped spellings then doesn’t that mean they’re the same as before?
Wait, if they swapped meanings and then swapped spellings then doesn’t that mean they’re the same as before?
Grrr! English strikes again!