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-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoWait, if they swapped meanings and then swapped spellings then doesn’t that mean they’re the same as before?
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.socialcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoGrrr! English strikes again!
Wait, if they swapped meanings and then swapped spellings then doesn’t that mean they’re the same as before?
Grrr! English strikes again!