Why do so many people spell "lose" wrong?

[Anonymous]

It seems like the bulk of this forum are highly educated people, so why so many posts from people who want to "loose" weight?

[Anonymous]

because we can't all be perfect at everything and for some that means they really suck at spelling.

[Anonymous]

I am not defending that particularly egregious example of bad spelling, but I have found as I age, I make more and more mistakes (and I'm only in my 30s!). I am a former elementary spelling bee champ and spelling always came naturally to me. So, I try to be sympathetic to the other distracted and decaying once smart people

[Anonymous]

Because we're posting in English, which is a non-phonetic language with ridiculous spelling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like the bulk of this forum are highly educated people, so why so many posts from people who want to "loose" weight?

It irks me, but I think it has to do with the fact that most people have learned that the /oo/ sound is made with two o’s or combination of letters - like “ough” (through) or “ou” (you). The idea that the word lose can be pronounced as if it had two o’s makes people misspell it.......

[Anonymous]

I always assume it's people for whom English is not their first language...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like the bulk of this forum are highly educated people, so why so many posts from people who want to "loose" weight?

It irks me, but I think it has to do with the fact that most people have learned that the /oo/ sound is made with two o’s or combination of letters - like “ough” (through) or “ou” (you). The idea that the word lose can be pronounced as if it had two o’s makes people misspell it.......

All of these things are true for many words that people learn to spell anyway.

[Anonymous]

The loose vs. lose issue in DCUM is annoying, but my major spelling/grammar issue on this site is the frequent use of the (not a real) word noone. People, "noone" is NOT a word! The correct form is no one. For the love of my poor OCD brain, please stop using noone!!!

[Anonymous]

Because they are idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like the bulk of this forum are highly educated people, so why so many posts from people who want to "loose" weight?

LOL. They are faking the highly educated part ?

Add in getting layed off

being payed

[Anonymous]

Because "loose" is also a word and auto-correct: a) doesn't catch it and b) sometimes auto-completes the wrong word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like the bulk of this forum are highly educated people, so why so many posts from people who want to "loose" weight?

LOL. They are faking the highly educated part ?

Add in getting layed off

being payed

And not a spelling mistake, but 'could care less'

[Anonymous]

I always figure there are lots of foreigners in DC. And also, iphones aren't the best. They often autocorrect between loose and lose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The loose vs. lose issue in DCUM is annoying, but my major spelling/grammar issue on this site is the frequent use of the (not a real) word noone. People, "noone" is NOT a word! The correct form is no one. For the love of my poor OCD brain, please stop using noone!!!

It should be, though. Nobody, nowhere, nothing, noone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The loose vs. lose issue in DCUM is annoying, but my major spelling/grammar issue on this site is the frequent use of the (not a real) word noone. People, "noone" is NOT a word! The correct form is no one. For the love of my poor OCD brain, please stop using noone!!!

It should be, though. Nobody, nowhere, nothing, noone.

I think Chaucer used "noone" for "noon"...and that makes more sense than using it for "nobody", etc.