I lose you loose

careca

ok this has fcuk all to do with poker, so it will probably last about ten seconds. But I am sick and tired of posters on this forum not knowing the difference between the words lose and loose.

To lose something is to misplace something or to separate yourself from something (ie your cash).

When something is loose (note the second o in this word) its (and I quote) 'free from bonds or restraint'.

Lets have an example of each.

I am a **** poker player and I lose the whole time (or past tense I lost).

I was with a bird/bloke (delete where applicable*) last night. Man was she/he (ditto*) loose


Gholimoli is excused from all claims as he admits he is still learning the language

El Stuntman

youre so rite careca, fare play to ewe

Culchie

n1 m8

luckylucky

jeez u actually took time to post a gripe about this, I really think u need to losen up a bit

xtrac

I like this one to help me remember the difference between the two,

Cindy is going to "lose" her anal virginity today, her as**ole will be very "loose".

Mods, if the above is frowned upon in the poker forum, please delete.

-Roy

careca

xtrac wrote:

I like this one to help me remember the difference between the two,

Cindy is going to "lose" her anal virginity today, her as**ole will be very "loose".

Mods, if the above is frowned upon in the poker forum, please delete.

-Roy

Jesus, what did I start :eek:

5starpool

Thanks Careca, I was going to post something like that too about that particular spelling flaw in people.

Another pet hate is people saying 'here, here' instead of 'hear, hear'.

Phew, got that out of my system.

eggie

and dont forget -

quiet & quite
to & too
of & off
their & there
form & from
where & were

Hitman Actual

Fair play Careca, I hate that too, but then again I am a pedantic f**ker. TBH, I hate all badly worded posts in general. At the end of the day, people are much more likely to read a post that's easy to read, and thus get a much better response. Long paragraphs piss me off as well, I usually skim-read them and miss the important details, or ignore them altogether.

I'm sure some people will get annoyed at this, but my point is, better posting = better responses.

Hitman Actual

eggie wrote:

and dont forget -

quiet & quite
to & too
of & off
their & there
form & from
where & were

Dont forget a favourite of HJ: of & have.

TheDuck32

Did someone say something about anal?

jtsuited

oh it's about time someone said this. it's been driving me mental lately

careca

TheDuck32 wrote:

Did someone say something about anal?

as tight as a ducks arse

Waylander

Maybe we should have some form of grammar test for posters, and you do not have access rights to the forum unless you have passed this test:D

RoundTower

careca wrote:

I am a **** poker player and I lose the whole time (or past tense I lost).

I couldn't work out what the blanked out word was for ages, then I figured it must be "lose".

El Stuntman

Waylander wrote:

Maybe we should have some form of grammar test for posters, and you do not have access rights to the forum unless you have passed this test:D

the anti-discrimination lot would be on our backs

although it might get rid of Kamaldinho so every cloud has a silver lining....:)

careca

RoundTower wrote:

I couldn't work out what the blanked out word was for ages, then I figured it must be "lose".

very young, very clever, no lose.

fade2black

This should be made a sticky and put in a hot air balloon over ever city in the world. you'll be amazed at the amount of people who make this mistake...and also the people who make it...

califano

I hope ollieboy has'nt got too distract reading this:D

Lafortezza

Stick or close, sticky or cloose....