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Spelling of the word "lose"/"loose"...

  • 27-10-2010 11:35PM
    #1
    markesmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭


    I mean, are you stupid?

    Lose - means you don't win something
    Loose - is the opposite of tight

    Loads of people on boards, Facebook, Twitter etc, the Internet in general, don't understand the difference.

    Even the Guardian gets it wrong - Detained mental health patients may loose out

    Come on people. Learn to tell the difference between the two words. Until then, your opinion isn't worth a hat of brown to me.


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  • #2
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Losen up


  • #3
    Abelloid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    Thanks for the friendly advise.


  • #4
    PanchoVilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭PanchoVilla


    Yeah, only a complete looser wouldn't know the difference.


  • #5
    markesmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,752 ✭✭✭markesmith


    JustinOval wrote: »
    Thanks for the friendly advise.

    That last word better have been sarcasm, J.O.


  • #6
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    omg, the grammer naziz will be out in force on this one.


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  • #7
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭flyton5


    Their they're OP. Cheer up.


  • #8
    foxinsox
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,078 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    markesmith wrote: »
    I mean, are you stupid?

    Lose - means you don't win something
    Loose - is the opposite of tight

    Come on people. Learn to tell the difference between the two words. Until then, your opinion isn't worth a hat of brown to me.

    Did you loose you're brown hat?

    It mite be over their
    >

    :p


  • #9
    ziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ziggy


    This post has been deleted.


  • #10
    Cheap Thrills!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Cheap Thrills!


    Daemos wrote: »
    Losen up

    :mad: Loosen up! or lose out! loosely speaking only losers fail to discern the difference!!!

    Loose lips sink ships!

    Win or lose!!!


  • #11
    Abelloid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    markesmith wrote: »
    That last word better have been sarcasm, J.O.

    Sorry, don't know what your getting at..


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  • #12
    crow_eat_crow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 126 ✭✭crow_eat_crow


    I should of listened better in class.


  • #13
    Abelloid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    http://www.google.ie/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=%22thanks+for+the+advise%22+site:boards.ie&aq=f&aqi=g-sx2g-o1&aql=&oq=%22thanks+for+the+advise%22+site:boards.ie&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=5c4b60bee85278bf

    :D


  • #14
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    Cheap Thrills! wrote: »
    :mad: Loosen up! or lose out! loosely speaking only losers fail to discern the difference!!!

    Loose lips sink ships!

    Win or lose!!!
    Oi, no need to harrass me


  • #15
    earlyevening
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,334 ✭✭✭earlyevening


    I seen....


  • #16
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    You're/Your


    Every single fucking page on Facebook seems to get it wrong.


  • #17
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    There seems to be an epidemic on this loose/lose thing. And your/you're


  • #18
    Gunsfortoys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭Gunsfortoys


    LOLZ hve u cawt teh ghey OP?!!111


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Easy ways to remember correct usage.

    Your mother has a loose vagina and needs to lose some weight.


  • #20
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    markesmith wrote: »
    Come on people. Learn to tell the difference between the two words. Until then, your opinion isn't worth a hat of brown to me.

    kind of like yours, yay! :)


  • #21
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    I have a pair of jeans with a label that says "these jeans may loose colour when washed". It makes me angry anytime I see it. :mad:

    Another thing that annoys me is when people say 'where' instead of 'were'. How is it possible for anyone over the age of five to get those words confused?


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  • #22
    the_barfly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭the_barfly1


    The spelling bandits, for the most part will be keeping quite on this one i'd imagine.
    Quiet the predicament.


  • #23
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    markesmith wrote: »

    Even the Guardian gets it wrong - Detained mental health patients may loose out

    Maybe it's a pun. As in a loose tooth?


  • #24
    Doc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY


    Says it all really.


  • #25
    AnneElizabeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭AnneElizabeth


    JustinOval wrote: »
    Thanks for the friendly advise.

    Advise - To advise someone to do something
    Advice - To give advice to someone, friendly advice.

    You're welcome :)


  • #26
    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    I used to make that mistake.
    This one time I was all like "STFU you looser"
    They pointed out my spelling mistake so I replied:
    "Only a loser would spot something like that you silly twat."

    True story.


  • #27
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    The debate rages on about loose versus lose
    How can you pick the correct one to choose?

    If you mix the two up you will lose your dominion
    over After Hours Threads, and Markesmith's opinion!

    -FoxT


  • #28
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    I direct your attention to this.


  • #29
    Ollchailin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭Ollchailin


    I teach Geography, and one first year student described a volcano as "Ex stinked".

    I was tempted to ask what was she doing going out with a smelly boy, but I thought a) clearly that would go way over her head, and b) I was too busy crying at the lack of spelling skills of the youth of today


  • #30
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,968 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Loose you're attitude OP, posters can post whatever they want, entitled to there opinion and that's what they were thought at skool


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  • #31
    FoxT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,204 ✭✭✭FoxT


    Chingrin, they can't spell Haemorrhoids correctly - how can I trust them?


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