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

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Koenigsegg

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I'm watching Cellular right now with the subtitles on and twice I've seen them misuse "loose" when it was supposed to be lose. I can understand a low budget chinese movie or something misusing it in the translation but this is supposed to be an actual professional thing? Yeesh.

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x04d DaY

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I was watching Constantine and a caption said "Is it the mother lode?"
I could be wrong, but shouldn't that be "Mother load"?
 
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drum

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i've always played fast and lose with the english language
 
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amol

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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.
 
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huesmann

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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"?
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You're wrong.
 

Originally posted by: huesmann
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"?
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You're wrong.
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Yep, "lode" is correct.
 
Zenmervolt

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

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imported_Phil

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

ZV
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I never knew that. You'd better not be BSing me ;) :beer:
 
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ruffilb

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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"?
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Motherlode is correct.

You lose if you have loose grammar.
 
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montanafan

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One of my college roommates was not very bright. I walked in the room one day and she had put a big sign over the fridge to remind her of her diet - "Loose Weight". I didn't even comment on it, there were too many choices.
 
BrokenVisage

BrokenVisage

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I can understand being dumb enough to misuse they're, there, and their.. but if you seriously don't know when to use lose instead of loose or visa versa, then just /end yourself.
 
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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I can understand being dumb enough to misuse they're, there, and their.. but if you seriously don't know when to use lose instead of loose or visa versa, then just /end yourself.
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I think that they're both one and the same level of dumbass intelligence. There should be no excuse in either case.
 
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Vich

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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.
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Hyuh yuh yuh vor us rassianz it is very defecult!
 
Whoozyerdaddy

Whoozyerdaddy

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Interesting I suppose...

People mess these up all the time.

You're, your, yore
Sight, site, cite
There, their, they're
Hour, our
But, butt
Affect, effect
Then, than
And if your name is Clinton: Is
 
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