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

• over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Your wright!

  And I’m rong.

  Why is English so weird?

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because it’s wired

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• teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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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    • teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      According to the international phonetic alphabet they’re the same sound.

      Here is the IPA for drink: dɹɪŋk

      Here is the IPA for jury: d͡ʒʊɹi

      Mainly it’s noticeable for spanish speakers because the spanish D is pronounced closer to the english th or is unvoiced depending on where it is in a word.

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      • Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I think I may have always mispronounced one or both of these then.

        Man, English pronunciation, I swear.

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