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Loose (vs Lose)

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    edited September 2013
    Being 'pacific' about something and 'arks' you a question get my goat. Me fear for quality of english speak
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    On match of the day Shearer gave a good example of my earlier point when talking about palace's sending off - "it's not an obvious goalscoring opportunity, I don't think".
    Wally.
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    Pretty much agree with most of these examples, so for the sake of my sanity, I'm now walking away from this thread.......................
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    Pretty much agree with most of these examples, so for the sake of my sanity, I'm now walking away from this thread.......................

    To much for you, is it Tango? :-)
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    Saga Lout said:

    Pretty much agree with most of these examples, so for the sake of my sanity, I'm now walking away from this thread.......................

    To much for you, is it Tango? :-)
    It takes too to tango....

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    Or maybe, tutu tango
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    et tu Tango
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    Your all two funny, I don't think......................
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    Favourites of mine are:

    My old man 'borrowed' me a tenner.

    That'll 'learn' ya!
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    Or maybe these are colloquialisms?
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    Saga Lout said:

    Pretty much agree with most of these examples, so for the sake of my sanity, I'm now walking away from this thread.......................

    To much for you, is it Tango? :-)
    It takes too to tango....

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    Just seen this on Twitter:

    big week in south london whos gonna take the bargaining rights home #cafc #mfc #southlondonderby #buzzing
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    Why is it that to 'think' something' means to be unsure, compared to 'knowing' something?

    How do you know something without thinking it? That bothers me.
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    JiMMy 85 said:

    Why is it that to 'think' something' means to be unsure, compared to 'knowing' something?

    How do you know something without thinking it? That bothers me.

    Well you can go from thinking something to knowing if it turns out to be correct. But then if you think something and it turns out to be wrong, it turns out that you didn't know... but now do. I think. ;)
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    That'll 'learn' ya!


    I do use this in and ironic way quite regularly...
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    Semen? :-)

    I loose it with people that can't spell

    Aren't they called Muggles?

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    My particular bete noir - cerstificate! WTF? It's a certificate.
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    JWADDICK said:

    My particular bete noir - cerstificate! WTF? It's a certificate.

    I've heard "sistificate" too, from more than one person.

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    People just don't know how to spell properly these days, that's the problem. The meanings of the two words, lose and loose haven't changed and are completely different.

    Incidentally, Loose near Maidstone is pronounced lose (or loos) not loose - not relevant to the thread however!

    Is Loos in Belgium pronounced like loose or Loose, or indeed some other way, that's what I want to know.
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    Favourites of mine are:

    My old man 'borrowed' me a tenner.

    That'll 'learn' ya!

    Or maybe these are colloquialisms?

    That use of 'borrowed' is just incorrect, but 'learn ya' is frequently used ironically or sarcastically.
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    JiMMy 85 said:

    Why is it that to 'think' something' means to be unsure, compared to 'knowing' something?

    How do you know something without thinking it? That bothers me.

    The one that really annoys me is people going on about how they 'feel' something, when they mean they 'think' it.

    "I feel we shouldn't be cutting disability benefit".

    "I feel cutting funding for state schools so as to fund free schools is wrong".

    "I feel we should be hanging the Chancellor of the Exchequer by his thumbs".

    No you don't, you THINK that.
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    JiMMy 85 said:

    Why is it that to 'think' something' means to be unsure, compared to 'knowing' something?

    How do you know something without thinking it? That bothers me.

    The one that really annoys me is people going on about how they 'feel' something, when they mean they 'think' it.

    "I feel we shouldn't be cutting disability benefit".

    "I feel cutting funding for state schools so as to fund free schools is wrong".

    "I feel we should be hanging the Chancellor of the Exchequer by his thumbs".

    No you don't, you THINK that.
    I would say that you could think it or feel it, to be honest.
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    JiMMy 85 said:

    Why is it that to 'think' something' means to be unsure, compared to 'knowing' something?

    How do you know something without thinking it? That bothers me.

    The one that really annoys me is people going on about how they 'feel' something, when they mean they 'think' it.

    "I feel we shouldn't be cutting disability benefit".

    "I feel cutting funding for state schools so as to fund free schools is wrong".

    "I feel we should be hanging the Chancellor of the Exchequer by his thumbs".

    No you don't, you THINK that.
    I would say that you could think it or feel it, to be honest.
    Those are perhaps examples where one could have an emotional response, so I take your point, but I still stand by original argument.
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