Ahem—for the enlightenment of some of our posters, a bit of a clarification seems to be in order.
Lose = v., misplace, fail, be beaten
Loose = adj, wobbly, untightened, a little slutty
Please take note. Future offenders will be mercilessly ridiculed. Thank you.
bella
Here’s another:
Flavor - what your tongue tastes.
Flavour- Hell if I know. Some British crap.
You are aiming this at the wrong crowd. Try the newsgroups and chatrooms of the world. the SDMB , by comparison, is a haven for correct spelling.
And bear in mind that a lot of what appear to be spelling mistakes are in fact typing mistakes (a key not going down all the way, an oversize or badly aimed finger pressing the key next to the one intended etc…)
And it’s flavour. Mate! flavor, color etc are uncultured, simplified words. flavout, colour roll off the tongue better. 
damn! oh well, at least I (unintentionally) demonstrated a typing mistake.
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Not to sound petty but, here’s a pet peeve of mine…
There - Describes a place, like over there.
Their - Is possessive, like their box of hammers is over there, feel free to jump in.
They’re - Is a contraction meaning they are.
I feel so cleansed. And also a wee bit nit-picky.
And please stop screwing up the use of to, too and two. If you have any questions about the proper usage, please e-mail a moderator. They will be happy to help.
What? Like I got time for this? OW! Hey! What the heck? OW! Stop hitting me, dammit!
Discrete means that you expect your potential sweetheart to be a distinct and separate entity.
Discreet means that they won’t tell your spouse, your boss, your parents, etc. that you’re screwing around with them.
Please avoid disappointment by correctly spelling the attributes you desire in a lover.
*(Not to imply that everyone who writes a personals ad is a loser. Just the ones who don’t know the difference between “discrete” and “discreet.”)
Flavour – “Some British thing?”
Actually, “flavour” flies everywhere people read and write English-- Except for the United Police States of Americults, where some crackpot by the name of Hearst was able to corrupt the printed form of the language nearly beyond recognition. Luckily, “thru” gained only limited acceptance, and nearly everyone agrees that trying to convince us to spell “school” “skool” was the act of either a contemptable moron or a fairly gifted prankster.
Don’t get me started about “simplified spelling.” I can forgive poor spellers, albeit in a pitying, condescending sort of way. They can’t help it. On the other hand, people who would willfully mutilate our poor language should be beaten and sodomized with a cedar stick. And then sterilized. Twice.
Flavour – “Some British thing?”
Actually, “flavour” flies everywhere people read and write English-- Except for the United Police States of Americults, where some crackpot by the name of Hearst was able to corrupt the printed form of the language nearly beyond recognition. Luckily, “thru” gained only limited acceptance, and nearly everyone agrees that trying to convince us to spell “school” “skool” was the act of either a contemptable moron or a fairly gifted prankster.
Don’t get me started about “simplified spelling.” I can forgive poor spellers, albeit in a pitying, condescending sort of way. They can’t help it. On the other hand, people who would willfully mutilate our poor language should be beaten and sodomized with a cedar stick. And then sterilized. Twice.
Like I said. Twice.
Once with an SDMB hamster.
At least you only said it two times.
But to whom did you say it?
Billy (who can spell but not type well) Rubin
American English is a fast and lose flavor of the mother language, which is used over they’re in England. To often, American’s are incorrect in the use of there own language!!!
Did I miss any?
“I could hardly breath!”
That’s because I was choking you for not realizing that the correct word is BREATHE!
Dammit!
“Definitely.” The word is “definitely.” Two "e"s, two "i"s, no "a"s. How hard is that, damn it???
If you put them on, they’re clothes, not cloths.
Thank you.
My personal favorite:
Hamster…not Hampster!
Queue, pronounced : q
That is an example of what can happen when you get high on the job. specifically - dictionary writer.
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Lobsang, what’d your nick used to be?
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I was going to post this to my thread, but this one popped up first (and may even be the reason for this thread).
Lose, you ignorant scum! Sorry, bit of a peeve there.
I never intend to hide it - it used to be lobley