They don’t. One is lose (loo-zz), the other is loose (loo-ss).
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Hubi@feddit.org 1 month ago
I am totally okay with this tbh, it’s one of the words that I struggled with when I learned English in school. It makes no sense that lose and loose sound the same.
rowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
brownsugga@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Haha yeah totally /s
lividweasel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not sure if you’re joking or completely unaware that they don’t actually sound the same…
Hubi@feddit.org 1 month ago
I’d wager they sound the same to most non-native speakers in a casual conversation.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, just like news and noose sound the same /s
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It does sound the same to me as a non-native speaker, but if i can spell it right and understand the difference, you can too. Because there’s tougher language out there, like chinese, that you can say the exact same sounding word but mean different thing. As a chinese myself, that’s how i learn the important of getting the word right.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Guess what?
All of Italian sounds the same to me, a non-native speaker.