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

• Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Close is way closer to clothes than it is to lose. And close is more like gross.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.

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• thelasttoot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lose rhymes with clues, not close.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No worries, it was just used to point out the premise of the post. Lose and close were the closest in spelling while also having the dumb pun included if you will. Bad jokes get downvoted or overlooked sometimes 🤷

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