@58008 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 2 months 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-square120arrow-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 looking@58008 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square120file-text
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusinesslinkfedilink8•2 months agoAnd here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
minus-square@ohwhatfollyismanlink6•2 months agooh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish2•2 months 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.