It'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 looking - eviltoast

‘Choose’ rhymes with ‘lose’? I mean c’mon, someone did that shit on purpose 👀

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    5 hours ago

    Yeah absolutely not silent. Unless perhaps you’re a cockney. Source: I’m in northern England. Perhaps it is a British thing.