58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square24fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-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 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoIf we start now, we can probably switch the pronunciations of Aristotle and chipotle within a generation. Chip-ot-el
If we start now, we can probably switch the pronunciations of Aristotle and chipotle within a generation.
Chip-ot-el