@58008 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 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-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 • 1 month agomessage-square120file-text
minus-squareHorseChandelierlinkEnglish3•1 month ago it’s because you guys speak British, not English! Fighting talk, sirrah! Fighting talk… But yes, I guess. British English has been described as three languages dressed up in a trenchcoat that go around mugging other languages in dark alleys and stealing the best bits…
Fighting talk, sirrah! Fighting talk… But yes, I guess.
British English has been described as three languages dressed up in a trenchcoat that go around mugging other languages in dark alleys and stealing the best bits…