OK - I hate this and am seeing it more and more on ozbargain.
Loose - means the opposite of tight. 'My belt was loose'
Lose - the opposite of find, the opposite of win, to come last etc etc. "You've got nothing to lose" "I don't want people to lose out on this deal"
Go ahead, flame the crap out of me. But at least start getting this right.
I remember when mIRC chat lingo first took off it really frustrated me at first. Now I don't loose my temper as quickly but I can relate.
I dislike Americans saying 'off of'
I'm always speechless when someone uses 'cum' instead of 'come', haven't seen anyone use in here though.
There are plenty of examples on OzBargain, both the vulgar slang usage (now an accepted variant) and the traditional Latin preposition meaning combined. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cum?s=t
Lol when i clicked your link of examples… i saw the fourth post talking about coffee and i kinda gagged…
I quote…
Cum join me for some "coffee"
I've made many share purchases cum dividend, but I don't see what that has to do with this thread…
Aussies prounce "saw" as saw-r and "drawing" as draw-ring. What's with r after w???
I can't think of any people I know who pronounce it as "sore". I do, however, recall many children when I was a kid myself, who used to say "sore" instead of "saw".
Hopefully they grew out of that horrible speech impediment…
It's known as the intrusive R. Because R's at the end of words aren't pronounced in Australian English, there's no R pronounced in "Get in the car". But there is if one says "Get in the caR and". So even though there's no R in "saw", it's very common for it to creep in by habit.
Interesting. That puts it into perspective in my head, cheers.
No offence, but you are sinking into Idiocracy if you can't extrapolate what others are trying to think about.
Have you watched that movie?
Huh?
No matter how much grammar you try to correct, you will always loose.
..and no one has posted this yet?
Word Crimes, Wierd Al - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Oh i just lurv it
Gawd Dam It Maverick !
i read a bit too fast and thought I was clever text searching the pages for "crimes"
lol :)
I tHiNk YoUsE nEeDs ta cHiLlAx AbIt. NoThInG wRoNg WiTh Da WaYz We TiPe.
Behalf. "That was a mistake on his behalf." No, it was a mistake on his part (unless you're talking about a mistake someone else made while trying to do something for the first party).
haven't read whole thread, but I always remember - "the goose is loose"
Did you lose your goose?
yes, because he got loose from his cage.
iCare!