58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoIt'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 lookingmessage-squaremessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1155arrow-down1message-squareIt'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 looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day agoDon’t get me started on ough and ead. The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-220 hours agoHow can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agohttps://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agohttp://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoDidn’t even have to click. Great poem
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoI barely started reading and i hate this already.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
Don’t get me started on ough and ead.
The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
How can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
https://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
Didn’t even have to click. Great poem
I barely started reading and i hate this already.
I read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”