# I'm going to LOOSE my mind! (dorky spelling rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629 "2002-06-30T01:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/1 "2002-06-30T01:28:55Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Road\_Rash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@Road\_Rash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Road_Rash)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/2 "2002-06-30T01:35:53Z")
Here’s another: Flavor - what your tongue tastes. Flavour- Hell if I know. Some British crap. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/3 "2002-06-30T01:50:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\*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 \*\* 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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/4 "2002-06-30T01:52:29Z")
damn! oh well, at least I (unintentionally) demonstrated a typing mistake. ( > [@](#): > > flavout ) ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/5 "2002-06-30T02:01:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/6 "2002-06-30T02:47:01Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/7 "2002-06-30T02:58:20Z")
_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.”) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/8 "2002-06-30T03:07:10Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/9 "2002-06-30T03:13:58Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/10 "2002-06-30T03:19:25Z")
Like I said. Twice. Once with an SDMB hamster. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/11 "2002-06-30T03:33:25Z")
At least you only said it **two** times. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/12 "2002-06-30T04:06:41Z")
But **to** whom did you say it? Billy (who can spell but not type well) Rubin ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/13 "2002-06-30T04:07:54Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/14 "2002-06-30T04:22:23Z")
“I could hardly breath!” That’s because I was choking you for not realizing that the correct word is BREATHE! Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Entwife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@Entwife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Entwife)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/15 "2002-06-30T04:56:08Z")
“Definitely.” The word is “definitely.” Two "e"s, two "i"s, no "a"s. How hard is that, damn it??? ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/16 "2002-06-30T06:49:20Z")
If you put them on, they’re clothes, not cloths. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Wildcatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@Wildcatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildcatz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/17 "2002-06-30T07:25:32Z")
My personal favorite: Hamster…not Hampster! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/18 "2002-06-30T07:37:57Z")
Queue, pronounced : q That is an example of what can happen when you get high on the job. specifically - dictionary writer. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/19 "2002-06-30T07:54:07Z")
\ Lobsang, what’d your nick used to be? \ I was going to post this to my thread, but this one popped up first (and may even be the reason for this thread). > [@](#): > > [\*Originally posted by hammerbach \*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122931) > **The tied pot roast I am most familiar with is a “cross-rib” roast. It is rolled into a cylinder, because if it was not, it would be flat like a brisket… this would cause it to cook more quickly, but also to loose juices.** **Lose** , you ignorant scum! Sorry, bit of a peeve there. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629/20 "2002-06-30T08:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \ > Lobsang, what’d your nick used to be? > \ I never intend to hide it - it used to be **lobley** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-loose-my-mind-dorky-spelling-rant/116629.md?page=2)