Loose and Lose

I figure it's time for a non-screenwriting related post. I'm writing this because at my day job I've run into a problem receiving e-mail from people that write "loose" instead of "lose" ... i.e. "I'm loosing days" or "I hope we don't loose this customer."

Now... when did this start happening? I've even seen it in several newspapers, are copy editors taking a vacation? I know that kids today can't spell for a damn, mainly because of the shorthand from text messaging and online sites, but come on, these are supposed to be professionals I'm working with!

Let me show you guys a few examples of what I'm talking about:


Why Did They Loose --- I'll tell you why, they can't spell.

Does it hurt for men when they loose virginity?Does it bleed when the foreskin is torn? --- What? So not only do they not know the difference between loose and lose... but uh... well I'm not even going to field this one.

We Win, They Loose --- I just thought I'd point out the terrible irony of the tag line of the page being "Mom is Always Right!" Now before anyone gets bent out of shape, it's not dramatic irony, it's merely "an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated" ... ironic, though not on a deep level, merely silly. Had this been a script, we could have written her so she was valedictorian, got a 4.0 in college and went on to write this world famous blog... only to slip up loose and lose. Of course that would be an ironic commentary on the state of education today as doing less is accomplishing more, but I digress.

Ah well, I suppose that's enough venting. In the future, if someone happens to mess this up and you want to call them out on it, feel free to link them to loseloose.com ... it's about as straightforward as you can get and hopefully they'll learn something.

I doubt it... freaking loosers.