loose != lose

[ksteve96]

I can't be the only one who knows this right?  How do you "LOOSE" bitcoins?  Like shake some kind of change purse and watch em jiggle?

[SlidingHorn]

I can't be the only one who knows this right?  How do you "LOOSE" bitcoins?  Like shake some kind of change purse and watch em jiggle?

This has been a public service announcement by ksteve96.

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[Vod]

I can't be the only one who knows this right?  How do you "LOOSE" bitcoins?  Like shake some kind of change purse and watch em jiggle?

I love reading posts from people who claim to be smart, educated, experienced, etc.  Then type LOOSE instead of LOSE.  

Great thread.  I will direct people here when they make this mistake.

[9inety7even]

I can't be the only one who knows this right?  How do you "LOOSE" bitcoins?  Like shake some kind of change purse and watch em jiggle?

I love reading posts from people who claim to be smart, educated, experienced, etc.  Then type LOOSE instead of LOSE.  

Great thread.  I will direct people here when they make this mistake.

I don't disagree with you, but to be fair, there are a lot of people here who aren't native English speakers.

[HorseCoin]

because they aren't really lost, just loose.  ask Mark Karpeles 

[ksteve96]

Ok, so I'm not the only one who thinks this is funny, cool
Anyone using English as a second language gets a pass of course.

[DStrange]

Not a native speaker here... Correct me if I'm wrong: loose is like "loose end" and lose is like "I lose all the time", right?

[Lamalicious]

Not a native speaker here... Correct me if I'm wrong: loose is like "loose end" and lose is like "I lose all the time", right?

Yep, that's pretty much it AFAIK.

[kireinaha]

lol I started a thread about this too a few months ago. I swear, I see this mistake so often in the Bitcoin community, I'm starting to wonder if the spelling of "lose" has been officially changed since I left school?

Back in my day, lose/loose was essential criteria for passing 2nd grade spelling. They don't even sound the same, which makes the prevalence even more baffling to me.

edit: and you can't blame this on non-native speakers. they seem to get it right, but it's the mouth breathers on here who were born in the US or other English speaking countries that seem to screw it up all the time.

[E.exchanger]

well i just "LOOSE"    few BTC, about 20$ in casino this week but that's ok though !!

[Hexah]

well i just "LOOSE"    few BTC, about 20$ in casino this week but that's ok though !!

My condolences Go get dat casino!

[Khadaji]

Another common mistake is between there/their.

Actually, English has quite a few places that can trip up even a native speaker if they fell asleep in English class. And sad to say, I often judge people on their grammar & spelling. If someone doesn't have fluently literate English, it's hard for me to take them seriously.

A fault on my part, of course. Particularly as I only speak English, and many people aren't native speakers of English. Sometimes it's not so obvious that English is their second language, and I get on my high horse and presume that their IQ isn't quite there.

I do tend to have more respect for those who are using English non-natively... that is, if I realize it.

[Vod]

The question is - can you politely correct someone's spelling without being thought of as a troll?

[Slark]

[Khadaji]

The question is - can you politely correct someone's spelling without being thought of as a troll?

I never do... I don't think that there is a polite way to do it. And if I understood the poster, what does it matter?

At least, that's what I think...

[ksteve96]

lol I started a thread about this too a few months ago. I swear, I see this mistake so often in the Bitcoin community, I'm starting to wonder if the spelling of "lose" has been officially changed since I left school?

Back in my day, lose/loose was essential criteria for passing 2nd grade spelling. They don't even sound the same, which makes the prevalence even more baffling to me.

edit: and you can't blame this on non-native speakers. they seem to get it right, but it's the mouth breathers on here who were born in the US or other English speaking countries that seem to screw it up all the time.

Ha, I would have resurrected that if I found it.  I agree that non-native English speakers get it right, they probably double check better.

The question is - can you politely correct someone's spelling without being thought of as a troll?

I never do... I don't think that there is a polite way to do it. And if I understood the poster, what does it matter?

At least, that's what I think...

I don't think there is either, so I haven't and won't call out anyone specifically. 

Actually, I may have figured out why this particular misspelling peeves me so much.  Some ugly tool used "loose" all the time on a local racing forum we all used, but I just thought it was weird back then.  he decided to try to steal my girlfriend (didn't happen) by getting close to me and then crying in front of her a lot, and other really lame things like that.  I may be projecting my desire to rip the face off this guy (who is the 1st person I ever saw do that) on all subsequent people making this mistake

[gigEls]

Another common mistake is between there/their.

Actually, English has quite a few places that can trip up even a native speaker if they fell asleep in English class. And sad to say, I often judge people on their grammar & spelling. If someone doesn't have fluently literate English, it's hard for me to take them seriously.

A fault on my part, of course. Particularly as I only speak English, and many people aren't native speakers of English. Sometimes it's not so obvious that English is their second language, and I get on my high horse and presume that their IQ isn't quite there.

I do tend to have more respect for those who are using English non-natively... that is, if I realize it.

I have noticed this as well Confuses me every now and then..

[hilariousandco]

You know what really chaps my arsehole? Hypocritical grammar Nazis.

IF MTGOX DIES, BITCON DIES WITH IT BECAUSE MTGOX HAS 80% OF VOLUME

I hope your joking. Partly since you're saying hodl in another thread but mostly because I can't remember the last time Gox had 80%

 

[Malin Keshar]

you can lose loose bitcoins

[ksteve96]

You know what really chaps my arsehole? Hypocritical grammar Nazis.

IF MTGOX DIES, BITCON DIES WITH IT BECAUSE MTGOX HAS 80% OF VOLUME

I hope your joking. Partly since you're saying hodl in another thread but mostly because I can't remember the last time Gox had 80%

 

Damn you got me...not even gonna go back and fix it. 

At least I got it right the second time in the post, quick learning curve I guess.