I think the whole “using German means you’re a Nazi” thing will have to change now since there’s a much bigger country embracing Nazism…
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While this is more common for people with ADHD, it can happen to anyone.
Surely there’s a very long German word for it.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish1·8 months agoRight, and the poem is written in such a way that implies they do not.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish2·8 months agoNo, go the other way, it’s closer to Aristotle’s name in the original Greek. Ah-ree-stoh-teh-leese.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish2·8 months agoSo did you think “goose” was pronounced like “choose?” Understandable.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish2·8 months agoI can see why he’d have trouble with those two, because Spanish doesn’t have the English “z” sound. They’ll both sound the same using Spanish pronunciation .
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish1·8 months agoUsually the reason is either because some jerks intentionally changed certain spellings to look more French/Latin (“receipt” didn’t have a “p” originally, for example), or just because English is such a mongrel language with words taken from various other languages with different spelling and pronunciation rules.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish1·8 months agoThey aren’t universally, just in certain dialects. I pronounce the “th” just like with “clothing.”
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•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 lookingEnglish2·8 months ago“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Memes@sopuli.xyz•Black owner here.... without context that sounds really badEnglish1·8 months agoDomestic short-hair.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Memes@sopuli.xyz•Black owner here.... without context that sounds really badEnglish1·8 months agoSphynx
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The Onion should pivot to actual news, since traditional media has embraced lies and absurdity.English10·8 months agoHe was this timeline’s Anchor Being. Now we’re doomed.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•If Republican's were really worried about the nuclear family and abortion, They would make it so that a family could live on a single income again.English3·8 months agoI raise the spine of sympathy, Lifts-Her-Tail.
I can just pull my foot back by itself. Must be really bad cramps if you can’t do that!
What works for me is immediately pulling my foot back in an L shape as hard as I can.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to doEnglish2·8 months agoYes, and they get to decide what an “official” act is. But it’s moot. Biden doesn’t have the stones to do what it takes to save the US from fascism. Not even close.
samus12345@lemmy.worldto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to doEnglish231·8 months agoNo, only what the SCOTUS allows him to. Democrats aren’t allowed to do anything.
No.