There is a pattern of voiced/unvoiced pairs where the voiced is a noun and the unvoiced is a verb. bath->bathe, mouth(n)->mouth(v), cloth->clothe, sooth->soothe, breath->breathe, teeth->teethe. Loath->loathe follows a similar pattern although loath is an adjective. I suspect lath and lathe are a pair, although both are nouns in modern use.
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I’m looking round my room now and things that catch my eye with three syllables
television
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Excuse me?
I missed out “or more” after “three” which was the original point I was responding to
Another one I had to have pointed out to me:
When used positively, “I must” and “I have to” are very similar:
“My doctor says I must take this tablet”
“My doctor says I have to take this tablet”
But used with a negative, they’re very different indeed:
“My doctor said I don’t have to take this tablet”
“My doctor said I must not take this tablet”
Confusing for the non-native speaker.
Obviously there’s a form of the negation (“My doctor says I have to not take this table”) which makes sense logically, but it’s incredibly clumsy to the native ear.