58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours 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-square56fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up163arrow-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 · 6 hours agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecanlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·5 hours agoWhat about the words that are only different in tone. Content and content
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 hours agoIt is read like lead, not read like lead.
What about the words that are only different in tone.
Content and content
It is read like lead, not read like lead.
Or lede for that matter