Losing vs. Loosing

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

If Peter had had a US cavalry-issued SAA revolver instead if a sword, we'd all be wearing yamakas today.

Roses are reddish, violets are blueish, . . .

 

[5Wire]

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.— Mark Twain

 

[Kiwi cop]

Oh the shame



I have just seen and properly read the title to one of my posts.

I am the cause of this thread.

 

[muddocktor]

I have just seen and properly read the title to one of my posts.

I am the cause of this thread.

I didn't know if you had posted the thread before or after this one was started. I thought maybe you had started the other thread after this one to kind of stick your tongue out at us grammar freaks.

 

[Coldshooter]

Let's pretend we are watching the old I Love Lucy Show, if both main characters were to become unbalanced in an episode Lucy would lose her mind Ricky would loose his. Just listen.

 

[TomkinsSP]

I put tyres on my car once. Afterward it kept drifting over into the left lane.

 

[islandguy]

If Peter had had a US cavalry-issued SAA revolver instead if a sword, we'd all be wearing yamakas today.

Now THAT is wet-your-pants funny. It is actually spelled Yarmulke. Does that mean that "the pen (word) is mightier than the sword"?

 

[Ogandydancer]

The ones that get to me are brake and break and there and their. They apply the breaks on there car instead off applying the brakes on their car.

Beat me to it!

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Both words will pass spell check software then it must be ok to use either word?

 

[TomkinsSP]

^^^see post 54^^^

 

[Kiwi cop]

I always thought you just added a superfluous u to a word to make it UK english....

louse colour labour

In “proper” English “louse” is the multiple of “lice” or an unpopular thug lacking in morals. :

 

[Jack Flash]

I always thought you just added a superfluous u to a word to make it UK english....

louse colour labour

Louse is the accepted spelling in the US when you just have one. More than one then you have lice. Just like mouse and mice.

If you go back far enough in American English (or British English for that matter), people just spelled words they way they thought they should be spelled. In America, Webster came along and tried to simplify and standardize American spelling.
So he took out the u from colour, labour, etc. But if you took the u out of louse you would have a completely different word.

 

[A-37]

Let's try this:

"supposedly" or "supposably"? Which one is correct? Or are they both correct?

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

But if you took the u out of louse you would have a completely different word.

Sure would - you would completely loose the meaning.

 

[OLDSTER]

At my age, I'm always loosing things.

 

[Jack Flash]

Let's try this:

"supposedly" or "supposably"? Which one is correct? Or are they both correct?

"Supposably" is prolly ok, loosely speaking.

 

[Rastoff]

There is no way they're going to get this right in their post.

 

[Malvado]

It's just a molehill, not a mountain.

 

[Targets Guy]

I know the world of the internet hates posters who question grammar.

But why is "loosing" used so often when what is meant is "losing"? From "loosing" weight to "loosing" things.

I've visited three different types of forums this morning, guns, cars, and fountain pens, and like almost every day, I see these words misused.

I almost never see the word "losing" used, and I'm honestly just confused as to why. I have auto correct turned off on all my devices, as I'm perfectly capable of making errors all by myself.

I guess my question is why does this happen? Do auto progrms finish the word when typing? Am I in the wrong universe, or an alternative dimension?

Loosing is just a slower way of losing. Their is always an explanation.

 

[deadin]

I always thought you just added a superfluous u to a word to make it UK english....

Add "aille" to make it French, (pronounced "i") or "mphllgh" for Welch....