@58008 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 3 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 • 3 months agomessage-square120file-text
minus-square@finitebanjolink8•3 months agoWait, if they swapped meanings and then swapped spellings then doesn’t that mean they’re the same as before?
Wait, if they swapped meanings and then swapped spellings then doesn’t that mean they’re the same as before?
Grrr! English strikes again!