Why can’t people spell lose?!

[MsWalterMitty]

I love reading through the dieting topics on here, they’ve really helped and everyone’s so supportive…. Maybe i am BU!!!! But the amount of posters who can’t distinguish between lose and loose is really annoying!

Counsellor is my bugbear!

What does lose mean? I don’t think I knew it was a word 🤣

Bit like people that use i instead of I 😂

It’s because it has an ooo sound like loo or poo

Lose feels like it should be lowse

Breathe and breath used in place of each other drives me bonkers. Also advice/advise.

I used to be a judgemental dick (internally, never openly on a public forum) about SP&G too until my eldest was diagnosed with dyslexia and I grew up.

I know, loose instead of lose does my head in 😄. One mistake I see a lot that makes me chuckle is "defiantly" instead of "definitely", as it really changes the meaning of the sentence.

I hate should of instead of should have

Some members are dyslexic

You soon get used to seeing mistakes. Shrug and move on 🤷🏼‍♀️

OMG yes, and it’s often in otherwise perfectly written posts

Lose/ loose
Breath/ breathe
Your /you're
I see these all the time , does my head in

I've seen loose on a gravestone. If ever there was somewhere to double check spelling it would be there.

@Gettingusedtothelimelight

Bit like people that use i instead of I 😂

🤣

@Gettingusedtothelimelight

Bit like people that use i instead of I 😂

Not forgetting those who start a sentence with "but".

Hi OP

We're just moving this over to pedants corner!

@DappledThings

I've seen loose on a gravestone. If ever there was somewhere to double check spelling it would be there.

That’s Perry bad!… I saw ‘such is life’ on a grave stone once!

Seriously though, dyslexia and different levels of education are just two possible reasons.

@LilyMumsnet

Hi OP

We're just moving this over to pedants corner!

Probably best

It's the rogue apostrophes that get my goat.

Or alternatively

Its the rogue apostrophe's that get my goat

Wow. Good to know that people on here are so judgmental of people who haven’t had a good education or are dyslexic. What a way to make people feel like they can’t post.

SoupDragon

Not forgetting those who start a sentence with "but".

Or the excessive use of exclamation marks!!!

Not on here but I see a lot of we’re for we’ll and you’re for you’ll.
“We’re do that next week”
“You’re be ok don’t worry.”
Usually on FB/IG and in text messages.
Sets my teeth on edge 😬

@Paranoidandroidmarvin

Wow. Good to know that people on here are so judgmental of people who haven’t had a good education or are dyslexic. What a way to make people feel like they can’t post.

It’s a service… now those who thought they could spell lose will now now how to spell it 😀

@Paranoidandroidmarvin

Wow. Good to know that people on here are so judgmental of people who haven’t had a good education or are dyslexic. What a way to make people feel like they can’t post.

What would be wrong with replying "thanks, I didn't know that. I'll be able to spell it correctly the next time now"?

Some people seem to want to continue spelling things incorrectly when it's pointed out, in some kind of inverse snobbery.