58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square117fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square117fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIf we start now, we can probably switch the pronunciations of Aristotle and chipotle within a generation. Chip-ot-el
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 hours agoNo, go the other way, it’s closer to Aristotle’s name in the original Greek. Ah-ree-stoh-teh-leese.
If we start now, we can probably switch the pronunciations of Aristotle and chipotle within a generation.
Chip-ot-el
No, go the other way, it’s closer to Aristotle’s name in the original Greek. Ah-ree-stoh-teh-leese.