58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIt'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 lookingmessage-squaremessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-down1message-squareIt'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 looking58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIt’s sounds like “bad”, but with a shorter “a”, so like “had” Although I guess “bade” is used nowadays as well don’t know how erroneous it’s considered to be. You can here people use it here https://www.playphrase.me/#%2Fsearch%3Fq=I+bade&pos=4 https://www.playphrase.me/#%2Fsearch%3Fq=bade&pos=4 Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoRight, and the poem is written in such a way that implies they do not.
“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
It’s sounds like “bad”, but with a shorter “a”, so like “had”
Although I guess “bade” is used nowadays as well don’t know how erroneous it’s considered to be.
You can here people use it here
https://www.playphrase.me/#%2Fsearch%3Fq=I+bade&pos=4
https://www.playphrase.me/#%2Fsearch%3Fq=bade&pos=4
Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)
But they do rhyme…
Right, and the poem is written in such a way that implies they do not.