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'Choose' rhymes with 'lose'? I mean c'mon, someone did that shit on purpose ๐Ÿ‘€

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[โ€“] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

they are very different in my mind. perhaps because i first came across them in their respective contexts through reading.

even when speaking, to me, lose rhymes with booze and loose rhymes with goose.

this has never been a problem for me, personally.

[โ€“] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And here's me, another non-native speaker, just learning that booze doesn't rhyme with goose.

oh, no, no, no! booze and a goose should never go together!

[โ€“] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

So did you think "goose" was pronounced like "choose?" Understandable.