58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours 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-square80fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareODuffer @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 hours agoYeah absolutely not silent. Unless perhaps you’re a cockney. Source: I’m in northern England. Perhaps it is a British thing.
Yeah absolutely not silent. Unless perhaps you’re a cockney. Source: I’m in northern England. Perhaps it is a British thing.