PIE! Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 The title sums it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Ha, I had that conversation this week also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashfern Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Bath & Bathe Sell & Sale Cloth & Clothe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IfIOnly Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 This is SO embarrassing, but I once joined a forum and meant to make my username husband'snamesweetiemyname. Yeah, I wrote sweatie instead of sweetie. I know the difference but have to really concentrate when writing and was just in a hurry. I'm sure it gave others a good laugh. :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I suppose that some sweat can be sweet - in a diabetic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 This sounds like the kind of mistake my dyslexic husband or daughter would make. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEmama Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 DH and I have a joke about this thanks to an autocorrect in one of our texts. Definitely different things. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I was driving our church youth once and the male chaperone had my phone texting with my dh. The chaperone called my dh sweatie pie and dh still thought it was me. We did it again last year. Same male chaperone with my phone calling my dh sweatie pie. This year when same male chaperone did it, dh finally caught on. (This male chaperone and I seem to end up in the same van alternating driving a lot.) I know I don't spell the best but I never call him sweetie pie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Losing, loosing. Eta: Tanaqui educated me below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deee Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 A friend's father once wrote a letter to his wife that started "Dear Sweatheart..." While they are still married 30 years on, he has never been allowed to forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Losing, loosing. One is a word, one is NOT. They are both words. If I lose my dog, I misplace it. If I loose my dog, I untie it. If I am losing a rope, it is slipping from my fingers. This is an odd sentence, but let's go with it. If I am loosing a rope, I am making it more loose. It is more common to say "loosening", but "loosing" is still a perfectly cromulent word. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 When dd was in high school (at home) we were studying history, and sweat shops were mentioned. She mentioned how it puzzled her how candy shops fit in.... we did get a good laugh! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 They are both words. If I lose my dog, I misplace it. If I loose my dog, I untie it. If I am losing a rope, it is slipping from my fingers. This is an odd sentence, but let's go with it. If I am loosing a rope, I am making it more loose. It is more common to say "loosening", but "loosing" is still a perfectly cromulent word. I just learned something new. Weird, I tried looking it up on dictionary.com just to double check before posting and it only had loose, looser, loosest. I guess I should've just googled. I shall amend my annoyance to the fact that it's very/most often misused or just plain spelled wrong. (Note that I didn't use misspelled, because I can never remember if it has one 's' or two, so had to go look it up to make this note. LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I just learned something new. Weird, I tried looking it up on dictionary.com just to double check before posting and it only had loose, looser, loosest. I guess I should've just googled. I shall amend my annoyance to the fact that it's very/most often misused or just plain spelled wrong. (Note that I didn't use misspelled, because I can never remember if it has one 's' or two, so had to go look it up to make this note. LOL) I find it helps to sorta put a mental hyphen in as you write/type it - mis-spell. My own bugaboo (aside from diarrhea, which nobody gets right on the first try) is parallel. I always want to put paralell, even though I really do know better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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