One little pet peeve...

Niagarasailor
Niagarasailor Posts: 123 Member
edited December 18 in Chit-Chat
EDIT: You may have read a topic like this before! If this is shameful and horrifying that you might see it mentioned again then move along, this is not the thread you are looking for!

While browsing the wonderful and informative threads here at MFP it occurred to me to mention casually that I find it amusing how many times 'lose' and 'loose' are used incorrectly. I was not aware at the time of my original topic creation that it was anathema to even mention this common mistake and I then was subjected to the snarky wrath of the veterans of MFP!

Nonetheless I bravely wish to continue to point out that you want to 'lose' weight. Not 'loose' it. When I hear 'I want to loose fat' I imagine people turning their flabby stomachs loose upon an unsuspecting populace for a rampage of terror.

That is all! Have a great day!

:tongue:
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  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Thanks, no one ever brought that up before. This should do the trick!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    And actually, "loosing" is a word.
  • 42kgirl
    42kgirl Posts: 692 Member
    Lock, lock, lock your thread...
  • budhandy
    budhandy Posts: 305 Member
    omg I never heard of this pet peeve before, next thing you know we will see posts about TOM and weight gain....oh wait
  • jpinge
    jpinge Posts: 71 Member
    omg....I am so happy to finally have someone else say something about this!! It absolutely drives me insane when I see it!!!
  • Niagarasailor
    Niagarasailor Posts: 123 Member
    As it is an adverb I am pretty sure you cannot add -ing to it...

    And if this is a repeat thread then I apologize, but I have only been on here a week so I have no way of knowing (that it was a horrible thing to mention.) :)
  • scarlieoh
    scarlieoh Posts: 18
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    oh-look-its-this-thread-again.jpg
  • Minkime
    Minkime Posts: 41
    Thank you for posting this.
  • TheAncientMariner
    TheAncientMariner Posts: 444 Member
    Meh, grammar nazi gonna naz ;)
  • budhandy
    budhandy Posts: 305 Member
    As it is an adverb I am pretty sure you cannot add -ing to it...

    And if this is a repeat thread then I apologize, but I have only been on here a week so I have no way of knowing. :)
    I apoligize i didnt realize you were new
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    As it is an adverb I am pretty sure you cannot add -ing to it...

    And if this is a repeat thread then I apologize, but I have only been on here a week so I have no way of knowing. :)
    Um, loose isn't an adverb... It's a verb, and an adjective.

    Loose
    Loosed
    Loosing

    All grammatically correct. I mean, if you're going to correct grammar, you should at least be correct, yourself.
  • AmberJslimsAWAY
    AmberJslimsAWAY Posts: 2,339 Member
    Was this seriously just posted again?
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    As it is an adverb I am pretty sure you cannot add -ing to it...
    Actually, "loose" is a verb as well, my dear.

    loosing
    present participle of loose (Verb)
    Set free; release: "the hounds have been loosed".
    Untie; unfasten: "the ropes were loosed".

    God bless.
  • moskinnny
    moskinnny Posts: 118
    my miss spelins is cuz I m not edumacted enuff and defishant of choclate...........lol
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    Thanks, no one ever brought that up before. This should do the trick!

    I was just going to say this! Try the search function. (By the way, it drives me crazy as well.)
  • schnugglebug
    schnugglebug Posts: 330 Member
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.

    HAHAHA Canadians yes we are not fluent in English! LOL oh my goodness I haven't laughed so hard in a long time THANKS for that!
  • pineapple1989
    pineapple1989 Posts: 195 Member
    Glad I'm not the only one who gets annoyed about this! But heaven forbid you display an actual opinion on ths site, what were you thinking!! :noway:
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.

    HAHAHA Canadians yes we are not fluent in English! LOL oh my goodness I haven't laughed so hard in a long time THANKS for that!
    Apparently not, since you didn't understand what that meant.
  • Niagarasailor
    Niagarasailor Posts: 123 Member
    Glad I'm not the only one who gets annoyed about this! But heaven forbid you display an actual opinion on ths site, what were you thinking!! :noway:

    Clearly I created it just to pick on non-native speakers and totally not as an off the cuff comment on something I was thinking about while I browsed!

    To those who have pointed out 'loosing' is a grammatically correct word I stand corrected! Except that it's definitely not being used *here* in the grammatically correct ways you have given examples for. lol...
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    LOOSE THE HOUNDS

    derp-derp-dog.jpg
  • tistal
    tistal Posts: 869 Member
    Those poor Canadians! LOL
  • ProjFit
    ProjFit Posts: 143
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.

    I am Canadian, and would just like to point out that I am fluent in English, as are most of the Canadian population. The other portion speak French.
    (however, not to say those are the only languages spoken within Canada...)
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    I have only been on here a week so I have no way of knowing. :)
    Right.. Because Search is broken and you don't see threads posted prior to your signup date..

    Welcome to MyFitnessPal.
  • pineapple1989
    pineapple1989 Posts: 195 Member
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.

    I am Canadian, and would just like to point out that I am fluent in English, as are most of the Canadian population. The other portion speak French.

    The way I interpreted that post was that they were saying that people are not fluent like Brits, canadians etc... as in we can speak fluent English, so using Canadian as an example of an English speaking country...
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.

    I am Canadian, and would just like to point out that I am fluent in English, as are most of the Canadian population. The other portion speak French.
    I fear that you misread this, dear. Do you really believe that she was saying that Brits, Americans, Aussies, Kiwis & Canadians do not speak English? Really, dear?
  • Niagarasailor
    Niagarasailor Posts: 123 Member
    LOOSE THE HOUNDS

    derp-derp-dog.jpg

    This is amazing.
  • asia_hanebach
    asia_hanebach Posts: 275 Member
    These sort of threads to come up all the time. At the same time though, obviously people still haven't learned the difference between loose and lose, so it's not unwarranted. It does drive me insane when I see people claim they want to "loose weight," and apparently we're not allowed to correct the grammar in people's posts. You want your belt to become loose, what you want to do to your weight is lose it. It's really not that complicated
  • ProjFit
    ProjFit Posts: 143
    A lot of people on this website are not fluent in English like native Brits or Americans or Aussies or Kiwis or Canadians etc.
    Have a little respect for the people who learn to speak English among other languages, and cut them some slack.

    I am Canadian, and would just like to point out that I am fluent in English, as are most of the Canadian population. The other portion speak French.
    I fear that you misread this, dear. Do you really believe that she was saying that Brits, Americans, Aussies, Kiwis & Canadians do not speak English? Really, dear?

    Clearly, that is exactly what I thought. Dear.
  • Niagarasailor
    Niagarasailor Posts: 123 Member
    I have only been on here a week so I have no way of knowing. :)
    Right.. Because Search is broken and you don't see threads posted prior to your signup date..

    Welcome to MyFitnessPal.

    As in, I had no clue it would be such a big deal to have a repeat. hahaha... Horror!
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