58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days 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-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down128file-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 looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·6 days agothey are very different in my mind. perhaps because i first came across them in their respective contexts through reading. even when speaking, to me, lose rhymes with booze and loose rhymes with goose. this has never been a problem for me, personally.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoAnd here’s me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn’t rhyme with goose.
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agooh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSo did you think “goose” was pronounced like “choose?” Understandable.
they are very different in my mind. perhaps because i first came across them in their respective contexts through reading.
even when speaking, to me, lose rhymes with booze and loose rhymes with goose.
this has never been a problem for me, personally.
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.