# I give up: the battle for proper spelling has been "loost"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-the-battle-for-proper-spelling-has-been-loost/255857>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 19, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-the-battle-for-proper-spelling-has-been-loost/255857 "2004-07-19T18:45:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-up-the-battle-for-proper-spelling-has-been-loost/255857/21 "2004-07-20T10:17:39Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> Guess what song I seriously was listening to when I read this thread? “I can’t stand loosing you.”

Now I’m freaked, because I’m listening to that song right now.

The source article’s been corrected, by the way. So all is not loost.

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