58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months 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 months agohttp://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoDidn’t even have to click. Great poem
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI barely started reading and i hate this already.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
minus-squareJojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoHow can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
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.
I read this and all I could think of was “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
How can the soldier knead anything if they’re made of lead?
https://youtu.be/0hGaSQyygRQ