@58008 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 day 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-square117arrow-up1179arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-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 day agomessage-square117file-text
minus-square@samus12345linkEnglish2•12 hours ago“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
minus-square@Dasuslink2•11 hours agoIt’s sounds like “bad”, but with a shorter “a”, so like “had” Although I guess “bade” is used nowadays as well don’t know how erroneous it’s considered to be. You can here people use it here https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=I+bade&pos=4 https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=bade&pos=4 Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)
“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
But they do rhyme…
It’s sounds like “bad”, but with a shorter “a”, so like “had”
Although I guess “bade” is used nowadays as well don’t know how erroneous it’s considered to be.
You can here people use it here
https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=I+bade&pos=4
https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=bade&pos=4
Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)