58008@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 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-square120fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down125file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square120fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours ago“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoRight, and the poem is written in such a way that implies they do not.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours 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/#/search?q=I+bade&pos=4 https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=bade&pos=4 Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)
“Made” and “bade” supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is “bade” supposed to be pronounced?
But they do rhyme…
Right, and the poem is written in such a way that implies they do not.
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/#/search?q=I+bade&pos=4
https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=bade&pos=4
Seemingly Americans in those clips say “bade” (rhyming with “made”) but Brits say “bade” (rhymes with “had”)