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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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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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[–] whotookkarl 2 points 2 days ago

Lowe's loose lows lose loss.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Lose lips think chips

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

both come from the same root

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If we start now, we can probably switch the pronunciations of Aristotle and chipotle within a generation.

Chip-ot-el

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Okay TIL that these aren't pronounced the same.

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

Obviously the plural of foot is feet, so the plural of book should be beek.

Or one sheep should be a shoop.

There's also the English Vowel Shift. Which means words either side of it are inconsistent.