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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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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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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

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