58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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-square121fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoDon’t get me started on ough and ead. The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agohttp://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoDidn’t even have to click. Great poem
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI barely started reading and i hate this already.
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoHow can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
Don’t get me started on ough and ead.
The lead soldier kneaded dough in the bough brush while they read the book that they previously read while taking a furlough in the rough.
http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
Didn’t even have to click. Great poem
I barely started reading and i hate this already.
How can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
I read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
https://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ