Loose V lose

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  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    To get my German students to understand the necessity for correct spelling, I always point to two words:

    "schwül" and schwul

    The only difference in appearance is the umlaut over the "u" but the English equivalents are quite different!
    "humid" and "homosexual"

    They usually get the idea after that :laugh:
    I have a friend who teaches English in a Junior High in Monroe, Louisiana - (her name is Marilyn; yes! it really is, you couldn't script it, could you?) - who teaches her pupils the importance of spelling a given name with an upper case letter using the sentence, "She helped her friend Jack off a horse". She says it works every year.
  • cassiepv
    cassiepv Posts: 242 Member
    The only reason that I care is that every single time I read the word correctly in my head, realize the sentance does not make sense, then have to translate the meaning for myself. Its gotten to the point where I just stop reading and move to another topic when I see the error.


    How awful for you
  • StevenHaley
    StevenHaley Posts: 76
    At the risk of sounding like a condescending grammar Nazi ...

    I feel compelled to point out that we all want to LOSE weight to make our clothes become LOOSE. We don't want to LOOSE weight.

    Thanks, that feels better now!

    I hate the phrase "...........Nazi" in any posting whatsoever. I cannot believe that people will trivialise those kind of atrocities into any context here. It was (is) a filthy way of thinking/acting and the way people are starting to band it about is disgusting.
  • hughtwalker
    hughtwalker Posts: 2,213 Member
    Do you have a lot of stress in your life?
  • opuntia
    opuntia Posts: 860 Member
    The only reason that I care is that every single time I read the word correctly in my head, realize the sentance does not make sense, then have to translate the meaning for myself. Its gotten to the point where I just stop reading and move to another topic when I see the error.


    How awful for you

    Lol - I'm the same. It's not so awful. Just the way my brain works. It's quite entertaining sometimes. :laugh:
  • 26Nirak
    26Nirak Posts: 140 Member
    :smile:
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    I just noticed that when I read a post I find idiotic, my brain assumes there is a loose/lose mistake in it. Often I find on second read it was actually correct.
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
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    ^^ I'm so glad I don't allow the little things in life annoy me.
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
    The only reason that I care is that every single time I read the word correctly in my head, realize the sentance does not make sense, then have to translate the meaning for myself. Its gotten to the point where I just stop reading and move to another topic when I see the error.


    How awful for you

    I know!! omg, I rarely even notice typos and my comprehension is just fine. Really? To have to go back and reread because it now no longer makes sense? I'd rather not know how to spell properly than to have this problem!
  • poodlelaise
    poodlelaise Posts: 149 Member
    Its not that I prefer to mentally understand words the way they are written, i just can't help it. Somehow my brain just works that way. I really can't imagine preferring not knowing how to spell correctly than having my problem.
  • DieVixen
    DieVixen Posts: 790 Member
    OMG thank you for pointing this out!!!!!! Even though this is thread # 146, 987, 00 on the subject im sure everyone will start spelling it right from now on.
  • DieVixen
    DieVixen Posts: 790 Member
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    I know!! omg, I rarely even notice typos and my comprehension is just fine. Really? To have to go back and reread because it now no longer makes sense? I'd rather not know how to spell properly than to have this problem!

    Wow. I could not have imagined there would be people who actually prefer to be uneducated.
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    Wow I could not have imagined there would be people who prefer to be as$holes!
  • French_Hater
    French_Hater Posts: 5
    Oh, this again. *snore*

    some people haven't read this, if it's boring to you don't read
  • sugarlips1980
    sugarlips1980 Posts: 361 Member
    Oh, this again. *snore*

    some people haven't read this, if it's boring to you don't read

    There is a fair bit of 'Oh this topic again, we first had this post in 1959' in the forums. But, if you joined the site two months ago, then you missed that!
  • corn63
    corn63 Posts: 1,580 Member
    At the risk of sounding like a condescending grammar Nazi ...

    But you did sound like a condescending grammar Nazi. Be proud to be what you are.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    unnecessary post is unnecessary and made me think it was a V thread cause thats the only letter in the alphabet that can make a straight smart chick go stupid.
  • sabowman93
    sabowman93 Posts: 139 Member
    sign me up. I want to loose weight.








    ;)
  • Sinistrous
    Sinistrous Posts: 5,589 Member
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