It's "lose", it's freaking "lose" - I can't take it anymore!

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Started by _goat October 16, 2008 10:23 PM

66 comments, last by Bregma 15 years, 6 months ago

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October 18, 2008 08:00 PM

"Object-orientated." I also just saw "script interpretator" on weblogs.asp.net. Things like that make me a violent and very dangerous person.

DaWanderer

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October 18, 2008 08:43 PM

Quote:Original post by stimarco
What the f*ck has logic got to do with the English language?

Well...due to the lack of a one-to-one mapping between sounds and letters, it's logically impossible to predict what an English spelling should sound like or how an English word should be written.

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benryves

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October 18, 2008 08:44 PM

Quote:Original post by Benjamin Heath
"Object-orientated."

"Orientated" is what we say in England, in the same way that "obligated" is used in the USA (whereas it's normally just "obliged" here).

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polymorphed

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October 18, 2008 08:45 PM

Quote:Original post by ManaStone
I hate when people do that too, but I hate it even more when people get "then" and "than" mixed up.

Yes indeed, there's nothing more I hate then that.

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acemuzzy

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October 19, 2008 06:30 AM

Quote:Original post by shurcool
I guess he doesn't like it when people misspell the verb lose or noun loser with two o's (or confuse it with the noun loose).

Uh, isn't loose an adjective?

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