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Because your pronounce them backwards. "Loose" is a short word that ends sharply, but "lose" is a long word that slowly peters out. They should be the other w

by Aerroon 6mo ago

Because your pronounce them backwards. "Loose" is a short word that ends sharply, but "lose" is a long word that slowly peters out. They should be the other way around imo.

evanjrowley 6mo ago
Now that you frame it that way, I'm surprised "lose" didn't evolve to be pronounced like "Lowe's"
- abustamam 6mo ago
  I hate discussions like these because then I start reading words in weird ways and then I look at words as a random jumble of letters that don't even seem like words anymore. Is that just me? :)
  - joquarky 6mo ago
    Some people pay a lot of money to achieve that state of mind.
theowaway213456 6mo ago
If we're allowed to make modifications here then it should really be lose => looze and loose => luce
- irishcoffee 6mo ago
  I think that would make "loosely" not work out. Lucely/lucly catch the hard C there. I'm good with loozing/loozer, looks kind of funny though.
  - Zambyte 6mo ago
    I would not pronounce lucely with a hard C
  - butlike 6mo ago
    Lucezly
    - mg794613 6mo ago
      One more step, and we're in Poland.
  - kaashif 6mo ago
    Lucely absolutely does not catch the hard c. Surely there is no word in the English language where "ce" has a hard c, only loanwords like celt.
- abustamam 6mo ago
  Fun fact — English did not have formalized spelling prior to the printing press https://www.dictionary.com/articles/printing-press-frozen-spelling https://www.dictionary.com/articles/printing-press-frozen-sp... So, technically we are allowed to make modifications! We just can't expect others to adhere to our modifications :)
- taffydavid 6mo ago
  Luce is already a word in English, if a little obscure
dtj1123 6mo ago
This was also the way I felt before I was introduced to "the magic e" (spoiler: it still doesn't make any sense) https://www.academysimple.com/magic-e-words/ https://www.academysimple.com/magic-e-words/
- sd9 6mo ago
  Wow, "magic e" just transported me back to primary school. And I had a little heart flutter fearing that I wouldn't be able to remember/explain it today.
garbawarb 6mo ago
Loose rhymes with moose, noose, caboose...
- brookst 6mo ago
  Exactly, and we all know those are pronounced mooze, nooze, and cabooze.
  - garbawarb 6mo ago
    I think you mean mose, nose, cabose.
parineum 6mo ago
Since English has a glut of loaner words, I'd assume the two words just originate from different languages.

by Aerroon 6mo ago

Because your pronounce them backwards. "Loose" is a short word that ends sharply, but "lose" is a long word that slowly peters out. They should be the other way around imo.

evanjrowley 6mo ago

Now that you frame it that way, I'm surprised "lose" didn't evolve to be pronounced like "Lowe's"

abustamam 6mo ago
I hate discussions like these because then I start reading words in weird ways and then I look at words as a random jumble of letters that don't even seem like words anymore. Is that just me? :)
- joquarky 6mo ago
  Some people pay a lot of money to achieve that state of mind.

theowaway213456 6mo ago

If we're allowed to make modifications here then it should really be lose => looze and loose => luce

irishcoffee 6mo ago
I think that would make "loosely" not work out. Lucely/lucly catch the hard C there. I'm good with loozing/loozer, looks kind of funny though.
- Zambyte 6mo ago
  I would not pronounce lucely with a hard C
- butlike 6mo ago
  Lucezly
  - mg794613 6mo ago
    One more step, and we're in Poland.
- kaashif 6mo ago
  Lucely absolutely does not catch the hard c. Surely there is no word in the English language where "ce" has a hard c, only loanwords like celt.
abustamam 6mo ago
Fun fact — English did not have formalized spelling prior to the printing press https://www.dictionary.com/articles/printing-press-frozen-spelling https://www.dictionary.com/articles/printing-press-frozen-sp... So, technically we are allowed to make modifications! We just can't expect others to adhere to our modifications :)
taffydavid 6mo ago
Luce is already a word in English, if a little obscure

dtj1123 6mo ago

This was also the way I felt before I was introduced to "the magic e" (spoiler: it still doesn't make any sense) https://www.academysimple.com/magic-e-words/ https://www.academysimple.com/magic-e-words/

sd9 6mo ago
Wow, "magic e" just transported me back to primary school. And I had a little heart flutter fearing that I wouldn't be able to remember/explain it today.

garbawarb 6mo ago

Loose rhymes with moose, noose, caboose...

brookst 6mo ago
Exactly, and we all know those are pronounced mooze, nooze, and cabooze.
- garbawarb 6mo ago
  I think you mean mose, nose, cabose.

parineum 6mo ago

Since English has a glut of loaner words, I'd assume the two words just originate from different languages.