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It'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 looking (lemmy.world)
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'Choose' rhymes with 'lose'? I mean c'mon, someone did that shit on purpose 👀

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

According to the international phonetic alphabet they're the same sound.

Here is the IPA for drink: dɹɪŋk

Here is the IPA for jury: d͡ʒʊɹi

Mainly it's noticeable for spanish speakers because the spanish D is pronounced closer to the english th or is unvoiced depending on where it is in a word.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

I think I may have always mispronounced one or both of these then.

Man, English pronunciation, I swear.