Why do so many people spell "Lose" as "Loose"!?

[Bonobo]

Am I just getting so old that the English language has changed under my nose? I see this mistake SO often here.

Am I missing something?

[dbt]

1. They're just loosers!

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Jackpine Radical]

10. Goddammit. Crap. Sh*t.

I was gonna say that.

[dbt]

28. Sorry, JP. The next one's "your's"

[Jackpine Radical]

40. I'm holding you to that.

[UdoKier]

37. That's not nice.

You're going to make him loose his cool.

[DrGonzoLives]

2. No idea

Personally, I think it should be cause for instant banning. But maybe I'm too harsh.

[democracyindanger]

3. Dunno. But it bugs the shit out of me.

[edbermac]

4. Beets me...

[burythehatchet]

5. its a mute point

[Xipe Totec]

34. Poking the bear...

I love it! :evilgrin:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

6. They're such morans n/t

[LisaM]

7. I don't know, but I was going to post the same thing today!

That bothers me and there is one more that's been getting under my skin that everyone seems to do now, but I can't remember what the other one is. It'll come to me.

[Lex]

8. I've seen it misspelled in print in ads and articles

in magazines and newspapers!

It does drive me crazy too!

[WMliberal]

9. parkinson's. they ccan't stopp doubble typing keyys.

So don't make fun of them!

[UdoKier]

38. My keyboard always does double keys. VERY ANNOYING!

My old computer never did that, but something with this new one... I'm a quick typist, an for some reason, the faster I type, the more likely it is to interpret a single key as a double one.

I've watched very closely, and it's NOT ME, so don't necessarily blame the typist - blame the keyboard.

[UdoKier]

41. delete

nt

[WMliberal]

49. or how about the computers that do short term freezes?

I had one in college that would freeze for about a half second, every ten seconds. VERY annoying while writing a paper. But still, it's easier to make a joke about insensitivity to Parkinson's than it is about malfuntioning computers. :P

[PA Democrat]

11. It bugs me to. Maybe their not aware

of the difference. :evilgrin:

[Fridays Child]

17. Don't you mean "too?"

She asks, as they're typing their posts over there. :evilgrin:

[LisaM]

12. I remember the other one - "advise" instead of "advice"

I don't get that one either. In both cases, these words are even pronounced differently.

[Jessica]

13. Well, supposably they're just typos ...

[Lavender Brown]

16. I respond to posters who write "looser," irregardless of their mistake

[Jessica]

19. My thoughts exactly ...

:D

[rtassi]

26. Irregardless?

Websters say NO

[Bonobo]

27. "Regardless", not "Irregardless". You're thinking of "Irrespective".

As long as we're having a thread about spelling and grammar...

[Lavender Brown]

31. I know. It was a joke, see?

:D

[Bonobo]

36. Yep. I get it now. Sorry. You're one smart cookie.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

30. You said

"irregardless."

:hippie:

[vduhr]

24. I work with someone who actually said that (supposably) the other day...

I so wanted to correct her. Maybe she just needs to go to the libary more often!

[scarlett1]

47. Supposably - argggg

I HATE that even worse than loose instead of lose, at least that I can rationalize as a typo.

[Fridays Child]

14. Becoose they loove Os soo very mooch?

[Left Is Write]

15. Don't know. Probaby for the same reason some people

remove an "o" from choose and spell it chose.

[DODI]

18. Spellcheck.

Checks but the spelling, but not the usage.

[wryter2000]

20. Question

How do you pronounce "choose"? I find it extremely easy to get confused on loose, lose and choose, chose.

[Dufaeth]

21. Freepers can't hide their spelling mistakes!

But seriously, it's one of the most annoying internet mistakes out there.

[Bluebear]

22. Usage change's over the year's.

New rule's seem to be excepted.

[Kat45]

23. That annoys the shit out of me!

I never saw it before I started going on line (a number of years ago). And it's not just on DU; it seems to be everywhere online. :shrug:

[loudestchick]

25. Because they lose things when they are fastened too loose(ly)?

Hell, I don't know. Lack of attention to detail?

[maveric]

29. It sickens me to the point of loosing my lunch.

:evilgrin:

[cestpaspossible]

32. Arrgh that' annoying!

[noonwitch]

33. Probably because they didn't have my 8th grade English teacher

Mrs. Miller at Valleywood Middle School. She was one of the best teachers I ever had-crazy as a loon, but a great teacher from the old school.

We had spelling tests twice a week. If you got 100% on Wednesday, you didn't have to take it again on Friday. The cute hockey player who sat behind me and I were the only ones who never had to take the test on Friday.

[NoPasaran]

35. Sum people just don't no better n/t

[Nailzberg]

39. No Child Left Behind.

[TXlib]

42. I give up. It's "nucular".

*sigh*

[UdoKier]

43. I think *your* absolutely right.

We need to be much more careful about these spelling and grammer mistakes. It drives me crazy to! Specially when these are the exact same mistakes my English teacher use to hound me about! The offender's think their not causing any harm, but their making their message incoherent, and bringing down the image of DU.

Irregardless of that, I could care less if people make these mistakes, but use you're SPELLCHECK AND DON'T TYPE IN ALL CAPS WITH RUN-ON SENTENCES OKAY GOOD I'M GLAD YOUV'E GOT IT!

[giant_robot]

44. This one kills me:

ludacris = hip hop artist
ludicrous = ridiculous, laughable

The two are NOT interchangeable, dammit!

[jburton]

45. I have no ideal why people do that

:P

[Hardrada]

46. Certainly not because of lose morals.

Cry havoc and let lose the dogs of war!

[RhodaGrits]

48. Because for all intensive purposes, it doesn't matter?