• FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        171·
        11 个月前

        Man the english language makes no sense.

        the sound in lose is the same sound as we are taught “oo” makes.

        Couldn’t a more straightforward language be chosen as the global one ffs

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          143·
          11 个月前

          My father (who had a PhD in English) used to tell me that “ghoti” was pronounced “fish”

          GH as in rouGH
          O as in wOmen
          TI as in raTIon

          • Sc00ter@lemm.ee
            3·
            11 个月前

            How do you pronounce women? When I put those sounds together it makes more of a fush or fosh than fish .

            Or do you say fish different than me?

          • Dr. Bluefall@toast.oooEnglish
            1·
            11 个月前

            That isn’t really consistent with English orthography.

            But you can write “pfysche”, and that would be consistent with English.

        • vxx@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 个月前

          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.

          • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            5·
            11 个月前

            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

            • vxx@lemmy.world
              2·
              11 个月前

              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

          • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            1·
            11 个月前

            I think they sound different, loose ends with a curt “s” sound, while lose ends with a longer “z” sound.

            • Jojo, Lady of the West@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              1·
              11 个月前

              Ooh, also its accent, this is not a thing couplet for me

              Discount, viscount, load and broad,
              Toward, to forward, to reward,

              Nor it’s immediate predecessor,

              Banquet is not nearly parquet,
              Which exactly rhymes with khaki.

              Parquet isn’t in my vocabulary, but doesn’t seem to rhyme with khaki in any common dialect either way.