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Is no one able to distinguish "lose" and "loose"?

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Originally posted by: Phil
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: x04d DaY
Interesting. You learn something new every day.
Lode (n): a clearly defined vein of rich ore. The principal vein in a region was called the "mother lode."

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I never knew that. You'd better not be BSing me 😉 :beer:

Oh! So that's why the game is called LodeRunner... I get it now! :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: x04d DaY
I was watching Constantine and a caption said "Is it the mother lode?"
I could be wrong, but shouldn't that be "Mother load"?

No, it's lode

edit: and I see people on this board posting "loose fat" all the time.... "How do you loose fat?" Seems most people spell it incorrectly
 
Originally posted by: Amol
One of my pet peeves.

For those who still don't know:

Lose - When you don't win or similar.

Loose - When something is not tight.
Similar is not a verb. Loose the hounds upon this moran!
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Amol
One of my pet peeves.

For those who still don't know:

Lose - When you don't win or similar.

Loose - When something is not tight.
Similar is not a verb. Loose the hounds upon this moran!

Baaaaack from the deeeeeaaaad!

Amol didn't use "similar" as a verb. ((When you don't win) or (similar to 'when you don't win)) is what the sentence means.
 
After having immersed myself in various other languages, it's amazing to me that English ever got off the ground. Most fvcked up language EVER.
 
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