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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 (self.showerthoughts)

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'Choose' rhymes with 'lose'? I mean c'mon, someone did that shit on purpose 👀

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[–] teft 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sit close to me vs close the door

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ooh wow you're right.

Close to me is "closs"

Close the door is "cloz"

I never noticed

[–] over_clox 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your wright!

And I'm rong.

Why is English so weird?

[–] over_clox 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because it's wired..

[–] teft 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hmm, it is similar to a J, and may become the same depending on the speaker, but not necessarily exactly the same

[–] teft 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

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

Man, English pronunciation, I swear.