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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

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

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vaper@lemmy.world
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Loose rhymes with noose. I can’t think of a word that’s spelled and pronounced like lose so you have me there.

choose lose cruise booze

all rhyme lol

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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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Words pronounced like lose? That’s easy. Close

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Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Close is way closer to clothes than it is to lose. And close is more like gross.

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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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I was joking, close would only be pronounced similar to lose if it were spelled clues.

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