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minus-square@vxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•edit-24 months agoThere’s also loose and they sound the same but mean different things. Loose is when your pants is too wide. Lose is when the pants were so wide that you lost them.
minus-square@FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink5•edit-24 months agoLucy’s loose legwear lost latitude, leisurely lowering, leaving Lucy’s legs largely liberated. Lamentably, Lucy’s lost leggings landed listlessly, loitering lifelessly. Man looking a thesaurus is fun Lol
minus-square@MutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoThey don’t sound the same at all though. Lose - looze Loose - luice
minus-square@vxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•edit-24 months agoInteresting, I didn’t know that. FYI, there’s the phonetic transcription that saves us from using other words to describe a pronunciation. luːz - lose luːs - loose
minus-square@Zaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoI think they sound different, loose ends with a curt “s” sound, while lose ends with a longer “z” sound.
There’s also loose and they sound the same but mean different things.
Loose is when your pants is too wide.
Lose is when the pants were so wide that you lost them.
Lucy’s loose legwear lost latitude, leisurely lowering, leaving Lucy’s legs largely liberated. Lamentably, Lucy’s lost leggings landed listlessly, loitering lifelessly.
Man looking a thesaurus is fun Lol
They don’t sound the same at all though.
Lose - looze
Loose - luice
Interesting, I didn’t know that. FYI, there’s the phonetic transcription that saves us from using other words to describe a pronunciation.
luːz - lose
luːs - loose
I think they sound different, loose ends with a curt “s” sound, while lose ends with a longer “z” sound.