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

Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I believe the generally accepted scientific term for the English language is “clusterfuck”.

  source

  • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    *kloostaphux

    source
• corvett@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This guy was British, rhyming “via” with “choir”

  Previous, precious; fuchsia, via; Pipe, snipe, recipe and choir

  source

  • Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think he was Dutch - but they do tend to speak “better” English than the English.

    The difference in UK/US (amongst other first language English nations) pronunciation is something I know effects hip-hop lyricism (i.e. rapping) as different pronunciations mean some words only rhyme in your own dialect.

    source
  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?

    source

    • Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s sounds like “bad”, but with a shorter “a”, so like “had”

      Although I guess “bade” is used nowadays as well don’t know how erroneous it’s considered to be.

      You can here people use it here

      www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=I+bade&pos=4

      www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=bade&pos=4

      Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)

      source