Spoken exactly the same way, almost exactly opposite meanings.
Read the word "choir" and "noir". Spelled exactly the same with "-oir" ending, pronounced completely different. 🥴
Spoken exactly the same way, almost exactly opposite meanings.
Read the word "choir" and "noir". Spelled exactly the same with "-oir" ending, pronounced completely different. 🥴
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ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 96d
Eating Chipotle with Aristotle
chaotic_disorganizer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 96d
Almost like English isn't actually a language, but three languages in a trenchcoat.
anna@retrofed.com · 3 pts · 96d
Every language has been influenced by others. English monolinguals just really like to think theirs is special.
almpeter@feddit.org · 3 pts · 96d
There is a nice poem about this :-)/
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d
In german there are some words that mean exact the opposite despite being written exactly the same. "Umfahren" means drive around somthing and also right into it.
Edit: why is this post so old :( im a noob
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 83d
whats opposite of a metal thingy that holds incense?