58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square120fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down129file-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 · 1 month agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat about the words that are only different in tone. Content and content
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month 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