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(Completely OT, when did people start spelling the verb "lose" [past tense: I have lost my donkey; present tense: did you lose your donkey?] as "loose"
I don't think I do this (but maybe?) but I do write 'looser'. Especially when it is to be pronounced 'loohuuser'.
I suppose it's possible, given that they can't tell a principle from a principal. "It's the statue, man, The Statue."
But then I thought, "Surely everyone has seen the word "lose" written down? "Lose" and "lost" surely appear in children's books, not to mention the adjectives "loose" and "looser".
And with that up he stood And the winner was the loser And this rhyme is rubbish, I know, But educational Stop laughing at the back!
(Though I doubt if there are all that many parents reading bedtime stories to their children from screens just yet.)
(Though I could be wrong. 'Tis fascinating watching the wheel of time turn and realise that yes, what you thought was one of the "facts of life" is, in fact, soon to be part of "What they used to do", where "they" means "me".) Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
In terms of pet peeves, loose for lose comes between it's for its (surely the most annoying of all) and lead for led (which I'm now seeing even on supposedly edited sites like HuffPo and Salon).
I think it must be to do with other uses of the word.
A dog lead
I lead him away.
A good read.
I read it at work.
Hmmm. Maybe "lead" has more "ee" uses, so the brain sees "lead" and hears "leed"? But then, what about "lead" weights? It was made of lead.
A conundrum wrapped in an enigma...until someone solves it. Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
It's a little hard on the eyes but it beats spending the extra time proofing.
You, sir, are a looser!
You, za, are a loo za! Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.
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