58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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 · 7 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoI had half my jaw ripped open when I was 16 or so. So I guess I’m lucky to pronounce or enunciate anything correctly these days. Southern Mississippi, if that means squat.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoYeah Mississippi will do that to you.
I had half my jaw ripped open when I was 16 or so. So I guess I’m lucky to pronounce or enunciate anything correctly these days.
Southern Mississippi, if that means squat.
Yeah Mississippi will do that to you.