58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前It'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-square120fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down129file-text
arrow-up1172arrow-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 · 3 个月前message-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethelasttoot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 个月前Lose rhymes with clues, not close. Edit: I just noticed your reply
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前No worries, it was just used to point out the premise of the post. Lose and close were the closest in spelling while also having the dumb pun included if you will. Bad jokes get downvoted or overlooked sometimes 🤷
Lose rhymes with clues, not close.
Edit: I just noticed your reply
No worries, it was just used to point out the premise of the post. Lose and close were the closest in spelling while also having the dumb pun included if you will. Bad jokes get downvoted or overlooked sometimes 🤷