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

  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 ⁨day⁩ ago

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

    Man, English pronunciation, I swear.

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