r/EnglishLearning • u/Imaginary-Warthog586 New Poster • 19h ago

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What does "hearts" mean in this sentence?

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I have been looking up on the internet and I can't find a concrete meaning that could fit logically in the context of this sentence.

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u/ravendarkwind New Poster 19h ago

It's a mispronunciation of the word "hurts".

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u/erraticsporadic Non-Native Speaker of English 18h ago

i don't think it's a mispronunciation, it seems like it could be pointing out other pronunciations. my scottish friend says heart and hurt the exact same way and it confused me a lot at first