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.

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

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'

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

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

Because they are idiots.

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 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.

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

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.......

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

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

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

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