Typing Lose and Loose...such a weird phenomenon (1 Viewer)

[offdee]

Why do so many people write "loose" when they want to say "lose"?   Drives me bonkers.

Lose:  Fail to win.  Unable to find.  Ceasing to have or retain something. 

"I'm about to lose my mind if I see someone spell it wrong again"

Loose:  Not firmly or tightly fixed in place.  Not fitting tightly or closely. 

"People get really loose with that extra "o" when typing lose"

 

[McBokonon]

No idea, but if you find out please advice.

 

[zamboni]

Your right.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It's all a mute point anyways.

 

[belljr]

Way to pour salt in the womb

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Their loosers! 

 

[ShamrockPride]

I mean the mistake, for all intensive purposes, is an easy one to make.

 

[dkp993]

There always doing that!

 

[Ron Swanson]

@offdeePreach, brutha, preach.  This one seems almost endemic.

 

[Snoopy]

Did you loose the lose bolt?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Anyways

 

[bigbottom]

Supposably they are interchangeable. 
 

 

[zamboni]

Turn me lose - I gotta do it my way.

 

[northern exposure]

Your about to loose you’re mind about the weigh its spelt?

 

[Zegras11]

My number one pet peeve.   It's really odd that so many people with college degrees do it.  

 

[Zegras11]

Supposably they are interchangeable. 
 

Because so many people get it wrong? Stooped loosers.  

 

[belljr]

Because so many people get it wrong? Stooped loosers.  

We're all loosers here

 

[Runkle]

Language evolves over time. "Yes" used to mean "no" but language evolved. Right now we see the word "literally" is acceptable to use in place of "figuratively". Alanis changed common usage of "ironic". 

So complaining about the evolution of 'loose' just makes you some out of touch old man shouting at clouds about all the things the young people do that you don't understand. Get over it, old timer, your days are behind you and it's someone else's world now. Time to step aside, grandpa.

OK boomer. 

 

[WDIK2]

Both actually work well for, "Don't __________ your ####."

 

[Deamon]

Both actually work well for, "Don't __________ your ####."

D for effort.

 

[Deamon]

I never understood this either.  Even smart people type it wrong and it drives me nuts.

 

[El Floppo]

He should of wrote it correctly and should make a concerted effort to change it next time.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Take a few deep breathes, broheim.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Language evolves over time. "Yes" used to mean "no" but language evolved. Right now we see the word "literally" is acceptable to use in place of "figuratively". Alanis changed common usage of "ironic". 

So complaining about the evolution of 'loose' just makes you some out of touch old man shouting at clouds about all the things the young people do that you don't understand. Get over it, old timer, your days are behind you and it's someone else's world now. Time to step aside, grandpa.

OK boomer. 

Get off my ####### lawn.

 

[offdee]

Language evolves over time. "Yes" used to mean "no" but language evolved. Right now we see the word "literally" is acceptable to use in place of "figuratively". Alanis changed common usage of "ironic". 

So complaining about the evolution of 'loose' just makes you some out of touch old man shouting at clouds about all the things the young people do that you don't understand. Get over it, old timer, your days are behind you and it's someone else's world now. Time to step aside, grandpa.

OK boomer. 

You loost me here. 

 

[Tom Skerritt]

Lose/loose is on the same level as woman/women. I see people get this one wrong all the time, and it drives me nuts. It's as if some people are unware of the whole singular/plural thing.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Lose/loose is on the same level as woman/women. I see people get this one wrong all the time, and it drives me nuts. It's as if some people are unware of the whole singular/plural thing.

Me two.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

I seen that alot

 

[Zegras11]

Lose/loose is on the same level as woman/women. I see people get this one wrong all the time, and it drives me nuts. It's as if some people are unware of the whole singular/plural thing.

I seen lose loose more than a 1000 times.  Never seen woman women like that. 

 

[Zegras11]

I have no tolerance for loosers.  

 

[JaxBill]

Irregardless, are there French benefits?

 

[roadkill1292]

Wait, is there an actual argument brewing about the words becoming interchangeable? Or is somebody just having fun with us?

 

[roadkill1292]

I still can't get past "payed."

 

[belljr]

I seen lose loose more than a 1000 times.  Never seen woman women like that. 

You never met a lose wimmen?

 

[Osaurus]

Dawn

 

[jhib]

He should of wrote it correctly

Or the draft talk version, they should of went with so and so. Often followed up by describing the player as dominate.

 

[Judge Smails]

Why do so many people write "loose" when they want to say "lose"?   Drives me bonkers.

Lose:  Fail to win.  Unable to find.  Ceasing to have or retain something. 

"I'm about to lose my mind if I see someone spell it wrong again"

Loose:  Not firmly or tightly fixed in place.  Not fitting tightly or closely. 

"People get really loose with that extra "o" when typing lose"

Great point. It drives me insane. It’s not hard. 

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I want to know who thinks "noone" is a word.  That's two words, people.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Writing “a part” as “apart” has become a big thing in recent years and it baffles me.

 

[Galileo]

It bottles the mind...

 

[Ilov80s]

Just reading that makes me so angry I turn hotter then a teapot. I need to just lie my phone on the table and than lay in bed for a while.

 

[roadkill1292]

Just reading that makes me so angry I turn hotter then a teapot. I need to just lie my phone on the table and than lay in bed for a while.

Those words are my personal downfall.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Honestly, I could care less about this. 

 

[zamboni]

I want to know who thinks "noone" is a word.  

Probably only diehard Herman's Hermits fans.

 

[offdee]

Those words are my personal downfall.

There’s millions of your kind out there. You’re just man enough to admit it. 

 

[identikit]

All salt in the womb imo

 

[Zow]

Some others that drive me nuts are: 

Advise v. advice

Smelt v. smelled

Spatter v. splatter (as in blood evidence)

I do concede that, for some bizarre reason, I'll screw up threw v. through (even though I obviously know the difference). 

 

[Zegras11]

Some others that drive me nuts are: 

Advise v. advice

Smelt v. smelled

Spatter v. splatter (as in blood evidence)

I do concede that, for some bizarre reason, I'll screw up threw v. through (even though I obviously know the difference). 

And the people that spell advise with a z.   

 

[El Floppo]

Honestly, I could care less about this. 

thank you.

it's half of one, six dozen of the other as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

For those who like their coffee both strong and fast, expresso.