58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours 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-square80fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1106arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNoel_Skum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoAre you familiar with “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité? Deep breath: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaos
minus-squareCoelacanth@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoI believe the generally accepted scientific term for the English language is “clusterfuck”.
Are you familiar with “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité?
Deep breath:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaos
I believe the generally accepted scientific term for the English language is “clusterfuck”.
*kloostaphux