Comment on 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 looking

• teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Sit close to me vs close the door

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  • Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Ooh wow you’re right.

    Close to me is “closs”

    Close the door is “cloz”

    I never noticed

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    • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Your wright!

      And I’m rong.

      Why is English so weird?

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Because it’s wired

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    • teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ve had to train my ear because I learned to speak spanish so I notice these things with my friends who are learning english.

      The one that broke my mind the other day is that the D in drink is pronounced like a J. My friend was practicing his D sounds and came up with that out of the blue.

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      • Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Hmm, it is similar to a J, and may become the same depending on the speaker, but not necessarily exactly the same

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