IT'S "LOSE" NOT "LOOSE" (I am SO tired of illiteracy...yes, I know, hugh, etc.) VANITY

Me ^ | 7/28/07 | Me

[paulat]

I am SO FREAKING TIRED of people who don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose."

Y'all are ILLITERATES!!

[rockabyebaby]

Whoa..........scary

[Positive]

I’ve often wondered; who would have a peeve for a pet?

[Dog Gone]

Please, there is no such thing as a “mute point.”

Don't tell that to the housands of authors who publish in Braille and now want to pull your larynx out.

[Liberty Valance]

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[paulat]

Paula is a girl person.

Yes, she is...how nice of you to notice, (blush!)

...however...I DO RANT (tee-hee!)

[Miss Didi]

Yous guys crack me right up.

[rockabyebaby]

LOL, get over it!!

[fatima]

Gosh paulat I tought you wear nise.

[BunnySlippers]

“ Ode to the Spell Checker!”

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore too long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[headstamp 2]

Beertender, irregardless of our trip, we traveled far below the elevator to our South American perdition.

Where's Norm Crosby when you need him.

[Rammer]

Yep, you’ll definitely hurt them people’s sense of steam.

[paulat]

LOVE your quote and your tag!!!

[kitkat]

Oh, my GOSH! It’s not just the misspelling of the word, “their,” but the several mistakes in that one sentence

[Atlantian]

What about “there”, “their”, and “they’re”?

[FatherofFive]

so whats a Yawl ?

A two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having a large mainmast and a smaller jiggermast or mizzenmast stepped abaft the sternpost.

Y’all got a yawl?

[paulat]

I’m “seeing” a professional editor/proofreader, currently.

...just make sure she look after your cedilles.... ;)

[Positive]

How about folks who refer to the “media” as cingular?

[CodeToad]

Man, u soundin’ series!

[AUsome Joy]

It is obvious that you haven’t taken Southern English. You must be a looser!! ;-)

[palomonte]

it’s irrelephant

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Dude! Do you need to loose you're cool over this?

/humor!

[eyedigress]

touche’ LOL

[kitkat]

And it’s not “here, here,” it’s “hear, hear.” This is fun. We don’t want to insult other Freepers by correcting them, but every so often someone starts this type of thread and we can let loose w/o offending any individual.

[headstamp 2]

Two dies toot ouw marbews see, and two dies hittess ina baces wih bamatahs.

Signed, Buckwheat

[dalereed]

Keep bitchin and i’ll try to mess up the sppeling an grammers every time.

[taraytarah]

So than, which one is hugher?

And which one is more series then hugh?

[mdittmar]

I blam it all on the public scool system.

[Rammer]

That literally just blew my mind.

[Randy Larsen]

AT least I try!

That damn public education holds me back at times!

[Gumption]

I can kinda see there point, can’t you?

[paulat]

You won’t believe this, but a co-worker of mine left a note for me this morning and she spelled “lose” as “loose.” Just like you said. Amazing timing!

...it's everywhere....

[Tanniker Smith]

If your pants are loose, you’re going to lose them.

... either that, or you're a teenaged boy at my school.

[bert]

Check the fine print..... when you turn 65, you become exempt from grammer and spelling shackles imposed as job security measures by English teachers.

[Utah Binger]

Anyways, that being said; having said that......

[dfwddr]

All your “your’s” belong to you.

[dighton]

Hugh Laurie, Hugh Hefner, hugh dat, hugh dat, hugh dat?

[paulat]

ULULULULULULULULULULULULULULULULULU!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[highimpact]

I feel the same way about mute and moot. Please, there is no such thing as a “mute point.”

I used to think that too. Earlier this summer I was standing behind a mute in line at a cash register. He was trying to return a music CD he had purchased earlier, but the seal on the case had been broken. The cashier would not honor his request. The mute pulled out his receipt and pointed at it frantically. Then he wrote down his excuse, which I could read from where I was standing. It said, "the seal on the case was open when I bought it!" If he was telling the truth, you have to admit that was a pretty good mute point. (true story)

[paulat]

I’ve often wondered; who would have a peeve for a pet?

...me? I just keep him as a boyfriend....

[Always Right]

Are you series?

[dfwddr]

Sorry, I couldn’t here you....

[kitkat]

***How do you feel about “irregardless”? Just curious.***

I just found it in 19 dictionaries. Eisenhower used it in a speech, and was greatly criticized for it. But, it became so often used that it’s become acceptable.

[Rammer]

Don’t try to use your age as an escape goat.

[abb]

The middle one is Hugh Grant, I think. Don't know hugh the other Hugh's are...

Meanwhile, there's this other keeper from Martin_Fierro.

[paulat]

How do you feel about “irregardless”? Just curious.

IRRitated....

[null and void]

Hugh Downs, formerly of NBC on the left.
Sirius Black, Azkaban escapee on the right.

[paulat]

We don’t want to insult other Freepers by correcting them, but every so often someone starts this type of thread and we can let loose w/o offending any individual.

EXACTAMUNDO!!!

[Joe Marine 76]

How about “irregardless” as a pet peeve?

I hate the word irregardless whenever and whomever uses it.

[paulat]

Dude! Do you need to loose you're cool over this?

...ma cool still here....

[Rushmore Rocks]

This retired English teacher agrees with you. As a department head, I had frequent arguments with the biology, history, social studies, etc, teachers who would not correct for grammar. “Content is more important”, is the refrain I heard way too often.

While content is important, it is also necessary to be able to communicate that content with proper grammar and spelling. Colleagues, employers, and friends will judge ones intelligence and education by proper usage of the English language.

That said, I don’t want any poster to quit posting because of a lack of communicative skills. It is more important that we benefit from your thoughts. I’ve been married to a
“hillbilly” for 47 years. His grammar is, and always will be, atrocious. (he is a product of his environment) Even with his Masters’ Degree in Business, he needs me (or his wonderful secretary) to correct his communications. We do so gladly.

Bottom line? Mastery of grammar and spelling are most helpful, but not totally necessay if you have someone to help you.