Loose vs Lose

abe supercro · Sep 14, 2015

how about when someone refers to a strain of cannabis as a strand? i don't know if that word choice has any credence, but i don't like it.

Singlemalt · Sep 14, 2015

abe supercro said:
how about when someone refers to a strain of cannabis as a strand? i don't know if that word choice has any credence, but i don't like it.

No credence whatsoever

Aeroknow · Sep 14, 2015

abe supercro said:
how about when someone refers to a strain of cannabis as a strand? i don't know if that word choice has any credence, but i don't like it.

I said the same thing in a similar thread a few months back. I can't fucking strand that shit

tyler.durden · Sep 14, 2015

Singlemalt said:
Check this out:

Epitaph of John the smyth, died 1371
Further information: Brightwell Baldwin
An epitaph from a monumental brass in an Oxfordshire parish church:[14]

Original text
man com & se how schal alle ded li: wen yolk comes bad & bare
moth have ben ve awaẏ fare: All ẏs wermēs yt ve for care:—
bot yt ve do for god ẏs luf ve haue nothyng yare:
yis graue lẏs John ye smẏth god yif his soule hewn grit Translation by Patricia Utechin[14]
Man, come and see how all dead men shall lie: when that comes bad and bare,
we have nothing when we away fare: all that we care for is worms:—
except for that which we do for God's sake, we have nothing ready:
under this grave lies John the smith, God give his soul heavenly peace

Translation by Patricia Utechin[14]
Man, come and see how all dead men shall lie: when that comes bad and bare,
we have nothing when we away fare: all that we care for is worms:—
except for that which we do for God's sake, we have nothing ready:
under this grave lies John the smith, God give his soul heavenly peace

Holy shit! That original text is like Gaelic or something. English has evolved much more than I thought over the last centuries. Pretty cool...

so.nice · Sep 14, 2015

My most hated ones are you're and your and then and than :wall:

Yessica... · Sep 15, 2015

Unclebaldrick · Sep 15, 2015

Prostate / prostrate

Especially from the urologist.

Trousers · Sep 15, 2015

abe supercro said:
how about when someone refers to a strain of cannabis as a strand? i don't know if that word choice has any credence, but i don't like it.

Strand is not a word.
While technically correct, strain is not really used with plants besides cannabis. Variety makes more sense to me.

GIJonas · Sep 15, 2015

How about reading any given thread on this site? By far the most blunderous of any board I've been on.

Unclebaldrick · Sep 15, 2015

6ohMax said:
Your and you're
There and their

Whenever I am talking to somebody and they fuck one of those up - I punch them.

6ohMax · Sep 15, 2015

Unclebaldrick said:
Whenever I am talking to somebody and they fuck one of those up - I punch them.

How do they fuck it up when talking. ..they both sound the same

Hookabelly · Sep 21, 2015

tyler.durden said:
Brilliant, and delivered with an edge. I think I love you...

Hookabelly · Sep 21, 2015

Singlemalt said:
ya know Tyler, you opened up a very interesting and important subject here. Linguistics. This is gonna be good shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics

What's that they say about a cunning linguist again? Sort of like the cunning runt?

Unclebaldrick · Sep 21, 2015

6ohMax said:
How do they fuck it up when talking. ..they both sound the same

I read lips.

Hookabelly · Sep 21, 2015

Any discerning ear can hear the difference. The minute someone says,

"So Anyways, …."

-OR-

"All's I know is…."

I mentally just dismiss them…

Sorry but it's true. I'm still smiling and polite but they're done. (not there done or their done)

Gary Goodson · Sep 21, 2015

What about "blow'd up"? The first time I heard someone say that with a straight face I almost died.

"I ain't put $2500 into this truck. I got it for $1000 cuz the engine blow'd up"

Fucking Texans...

6ohMax · Sep 21, 2015

Gary Goodson said:
What about "blow'd up"? The first time I heard someone say that with a straight face I almost died.

"I ain't put $2500 into this truck. I got it for $1000 cuz the engine blow'd up"

Fucking Texans...

I tell you one thing...there are alot of different walks of life in the army...some of these dudes can't even read

tyler.durden · Sep 22, 2015

6ohMax said:
I tell you one thing...there are alot of different walks of life in the army...some of these dudes can't even read

And we give them a gun? That's fucking scary. How do they get through the manual when something goes awry?

tyler.durden · Sep 22, 2015

My number one for the last couple of years: conversate. We should be allowed to slap the face of the users of that gem...

Gary Goodson · Sep 22, 2015

tyler.durden said:
My number one for the last couple of years: conversate. We should be allowed to slap the face of the users of that gem...

I've had idiots look at me funny when I use "converse" like you're supposed to. Instead of me saying "I was conversating with this guy" like a dumbass would.

Loose vs Lose

What lexical or grammatical errors bother you?

Oh, I've got a couple

None, becasue I'm not an uptight asshole!

Fuck you, Tyler! Go shove a book up your ass...

A little bit of the ol' shit and stomp for me

Oh yeah? Then why are you a 'looser'?

Thanks for playing a part in saving our beloved language. You rock!

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