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

Stupid question but what's the difference?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One is pronounced live, the other is pronounced live.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And backwards the both say "evil"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being alive is just not being dead. Living an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And alive is a diphtong < i > (/ai/) and living a short i, right? (I'm not a native speaker if not obvious)