Why indeed do people spell "lose" as "loose"? I would really like to know.
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Originally posted by expat View PostWhy indeed do people spell "lose" as "loose"? I would really like to know."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested." -
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Originally posted by expat View PostWhy indeed do people spell "lose" as "loose"? I would really like to know.
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I always thought it was an Americanism till I noticed a lot of foreigners doing it here on CUK
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Originally posted by expat View PostWhy indeed do people spell "lose" as "loose"? I would really like to know.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostProbably because the pronunciation of a word and its spelling are only loosely related. How about spelling lose 'looz' or 'loos'?Confusion is a natural state of beingComment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostProbably because the pronunciation of a word and its spelling are only loosely related. How about spelling lose 'looz' or 'loos'?
Are you saying that all these loosers simply do not know how to spell the word "lose", but they either are unaware that they don't know (how can that be?), or they don't think it matters, they can just wing it? Because they can't.
Either you know how to spell it, or you look it up. It's not hard.Comment
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Originally posted by expat View PostBut the way that you spell a word correctly is by knowing how it is spelled, not by guessing. Or by having a more sophisticated understanding of how standard spellings come to be, but I do not think that we are talking about "more sophisticated" here.
Are you saying that all these loosers simply do not know how to spell the word "lose", but they either are unaware that they don't know (how can that be?), or they don't think it matters, they can just wing it? Because they can't.
Either you know how to spell it, or you look it up. It's not hard.Just call me Matron - Too many handbagsComment
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Originally posted by expat View PostBut the way that you spell a word correctly is by knowing how it is spelled, not by guessing. Or by having a more sophisticated understanding of how standard spellings come to be, but I do not think that we are talking about "more sophisticated" here.
Are you saying that all these loosers simply do not know how to spell the word "lose", but they either are unaware that they don't know (how can that be?), or they don't think it matters, they can just wing it? Because they can't.
Either you know how to spell it, or you look it up. It's not hard.
Learning to spell each and every word individually cures the symptoms but not the underlying cause - that language is carp. What a waste of time and brain cells in place of updating the spellings.
The first syllable of both 'loose' and 'lose', is 'loo' (I think). It appears to be that their spelling should differ in the second syllable, the 'se' rather than 'loo': Loose and looze.Comment
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