58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days 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-square121fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1173arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 days 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-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agohttp://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoDidn’t even have to click. Great poem
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoI barely started reading and i hate this already.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-28 days agoHow can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
minus-squaremoistclump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agohttps://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F
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.
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”
How can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
https://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ?si=chuCUpT-xXMXA18F