58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-up1199arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHorseChandelier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days 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…