Why you are not loosing weight...

crb426
crb426 Posts: 661 Member
in Chit-Chat
You're not loosing weight because "loosing" is not a word.

You can LOSE weight. You can make your body LOOSE (mostly through stretching and funky dance moves). But you cannot, however, loose weight. Try as you will, you will never "loose" weight.

Now, if you are wondering why you're not LOSING weight... there are other threads for that.

(Sorry, I just couldn't take it anymore.)

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    you are not alone http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2013/01/loose-or-lose/
  • Pittshkr_
    Pittshkr_ Posts: 99 Member
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  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    This goes in the advise file--as I need some advise. ADVICE ADVICE ADVICE Now I feel better--thanks.
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    Yes! And your shows possession. It's really not rocket science.
  • cjferguson40
    cjferguson40 Posts: 93 Member
    I love me some Engrish!
  • KittiesGoMew
    KittiesGoMew Posts: 23 Member
    lol I hear you OP. Thanks for the good laugh!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    crb426 wrote: »
    You're not loosing weight because "loosing" is not a word.

    You can LOSE weight. You can make your body LOOSE (mostly through stretching and funky dance moves). But you cannot, however, loose weight. Try as you will, you will never "loose" weight.

    Now, if you are wondering why you're not LOSING weight... there are other threads for that.

    (Sorry, I just couldn't take it anymore.)

    <3
  • brewingPHX
    brewingPHX Posts: 284 Member
    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG THANK YOU! I SO NEEDED THIS LAUGH TODAY! WOW! IT HELPED ME "LOOSEN" UP! OMG GET IT? LOOSEN? LOOSE? LOSE? OMG HA! SO FUNNY! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! :D:#:#:#:#:D
  • bmayes2014
    bmayes2014 Posts: 232 Member
    I love you. I secretly correct grammar while trolling :D

    Drives me crazy!!
  • EddieHaskell97
    EddieHaskell97 Posts: 2,227 Member
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  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Every body Cut Lose. Footlose!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqGslEZ5I6c
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    The awful thing is that when someone writes the word correctly now---I have to ask myself "is this correct"? I'm so used to seeing the wrong version on the boards that I start to get confused. :'(
  • synchkat
    synchkat Posts: 37,368 Member
    Phew I was worried we wouldn't have a grammar nazi thread this week
  • crb426
    crb426 Posts: 661 Member
    Non_Stop wrote: »
    crb426 wrote: »
    You're not loosing weight because "loosing" is not a word.

    Actually, loose IS a word.

    But who wants to hear that noise?

    I said "loosing" is not a word.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I first ran into this error when I used to read sports forums back in the late '90s (yeah, I don't know why either).

    OSU and Packers fans seemed especially prone to the mistake and didn't seem to realize how silly they looked claiming that other teams were going to loose to theirs.

    (It's possible that I am somewhat biased and that's why I noticed the error from these particular people, and not that their fans are actually worse spellers on average.)

    Anyway, at the time I found it shocking that people confused the terms loose and lose. I'm now more jaded.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    crb426 wrote: »
    Non_Stop wrote: »
    crb426 wrote: »
    You're not loosing weight because "loosing" is not a word.

    Actually, loose IS a word.

    But who wants to hear that noise?

    I said "loosing" is not a word.

    Well, it can be.

    "l I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

    Someone who follows this might go around binding and loosing.

    Nothing to do with dieting, though! ;-) Unless you think of it as untying that tiresome fat.
  • julesjones69
    julesjones69 Posts: 7 Member
    I just added this app and joined this forum. Was expecting to hear posts about health and fitness instead I hear rants and criticisms about people mis-spelling words on their posts. At the end of the day does it really matter?? Maybe some people are not as educated as others. Is it necessary to attack them? Keep it positive and focused on what this forum is for!
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    This is chit chat. The helpful stuff and discussions of nutrition are in the other forums.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I've been here too long to care about that anymore. I just want to get to the science and help people if they're not losing, or "loosing".
  • Avenged_Sevenx
    Avenged_Sevenx Posts: 44 Member
    I do what I want
  • RUN_LIFT_EAT
    RUN_LIFT_EAT Posts: 537 Member
    Be careful of what you say. You can get "warned" or "banned" by helping educate people around here. "Feewings" get hurt mighty easy when people are taught some truth!
  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 770 Member
    edited March 2016
    julesjones69 wrote: »
    I just added this app and joined this forum. Was expecting to hear posts about health and fitness instead I hear rants and criticisms about people mis-spelling words on their posts. At the end of the day does it really matter?? Maybe some people are not as educated as others. Is it necessary to attack them? Keep it positive and focused on what this forum is for!

    I used to try to correct common grammar and spelling mistakes on boards because I thought people were basically smart and capable of learning. I now realize they are dumb, enjoy ignorance, and assume attempts to help them better themselves are attacks. I don't waste my time trying to help anymore.

    I didn't realize this new way of interacting was the positive way. I thought the idiots destroyed a shiny piece of my soul.

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