These WOULD be cute shirts, but....

[Delaneythehorsegirl]

On Tack of the Day they have some really cute horse shirts. One of them says:
It's all fun and games
Until someone LOOSES a shoe

People, it's L-O-S-E-S!!!!!! :mad::mad:

There is no such word as looses.

Loose rhymes with goose
Lose ryhmes with booze

[pines4equines]

Maybe that's why they're on sale on TOTD?

[sisu27]

Ah..yes! Major pet peeve of mine. How does something get to production with an error like that? Blows my mind.

[vxf111]

Er... yesterday at Devon I watched the painters carefully put up a sign that said "Role of Honor." Now... for all I know that's intentional. But if it's a pun, I don't get it :)

[kashmere]

See, now, to loose is actually a verb as well. It has the exact same function and meaning as to loosen. Clearly, those shirts are a big failure of a play on the expression "...'til someone loses an eye," but grammatically, they're fine! Loose shoes are just as annoying as lost shoes.


...y'know, in case you really wanted one! :lol:

[Ambrey]

Or it could be used in the way of "looses an arrow," which would mean everyone needs to duck flying shoes!

[twofatponies]

I think that's got to be the most common spelling error in English. Honestly. Besides "alot".

I've never "loosed" a shoe, but I have "loosed" clods of dirt from the horse's hoof, while riding. One time my horse spooked herself when she sent a clod flying. :lol:

[IsolaBella09]

HAH! That's so funny you caught that! Good eye! :lol:

[McVillesMom]

I'm SO glad I'm not the only one! I saw that shirt and thought, "wow, I would totally buy that...IF it was spelled correctly!"

[peedin]

Did anyone e-mail TOTD and point out the error? I wish I had seen it--I delight in firing off letters or e-mails.

[msj]

Ah..yes! Major pet peeve of mine. How does something get to production with an error like that? Blows my mind.

If you want to see something funny, turn on Jay Leno at 11:30 PM EDT on a Monday when he does "Headlines". People send him all sorts of things from newspapers, menus, etc with spelling errors. TOD is obviously no better.

PS. Jay goes to 10 PM this fall and Conan O'Brian takes over the Tonight show starting in June.

[Paddys Mom]

I think that's got to be the most common spelling error in English. Honestly. Besides "alot".

I've never "loosed" a shoe, but I have "loosed" clods of dirt from the horse's hoof, while riding. One time my horse spooked herself when she sent a clod flying. :lol:

My horse sent a clod of dirt flying up and spooked when it hit his belly. :lol:

[MsM]

There is a note in the tackroom somebody wrote to Check mares utter. :lol: Always makes me chuckle about what the mares are saying!

[Vandy]

Actually, thanks for the heads up - I may buy one for my sister-in-law who collects examples of bad grammar :uhoh:

I always get a kick out of driving around Albuquerque because there are SO MANY misspelled and grammatically incorrect signs. I passed a "Yeild" sign there a few weeks ago, and it's amazing how many people have very nice, professionally made signs for their small businesses that are spelled or punctuated wrong. One drive-through restaurant I like has a big sign outside that says "Hamburger's and Hot Dog's". I think my favorite I've seen is an optical store that sells "Glasse's" and it doesn't belong to someone named Glasse. So, between the person ordering the sign, the person making the sign and the person selling the sign, no one would have passed the 6th grade at my (public) elementary school? Depressing, but at the same time I find it strangely amusing.

[Foxtrot's]

Actually, it was with the greatest regret that I saw the Chinese went around Beijing correcting all examples of Chinglese to impress the visitor at the Olympic Games. Took away some of the local colour.

[Ambrey]

I passed a "Yeild" sign there a few weeks ago, and it's amazing how many people have very nice, professionally made signs for their small businesses that are spelled or punctuated wrong. One drive-through restaurant I like has a big sign outside that says "Hamburger's and Hot Dog's".

When my husband and I first got married and lived in Long Beach, there was a restaurant a couple of blocks away with a lovely, lit sign across the top.

"HAMBUGERS"

We never ate there, but we walked by it a lot just for the giggle ;)

[nightsong]

I was driving by a boarded-uo building that had two signs on it: "Restaurant" and "L unge." At LAST, "lunge" spelled correctly!!!

[TikiSoo]

I was a magazine's managing editor for several years and saw it all. I cannot understand WHY people mix "lose" (pronounced "luze") with "loose" (pronounced "luce"). The past tense of "lose" is "lost" and the past tense of "loose" is "loosen".

"Loosen" is a perfect example of Americans dropping use of adverbs. People often say, "go slow" (slowly) or "don't take it personal" (personally).

Didn't anyone learn from "Grammer Rock" in the 70's? "Lolly, lolly lolly get your adverbs here!"

[de echte critter]

Schoolhouse Rock was great, but probably should have covered spelling too (kidding here). Grammar is a frequently spelled incorrectly. I noticed the shirts on TOTD and just shook my head.

The death of the adverb is one my pet peeves. Even national newscasters forget their "ly"s.

I think I'll end my post now before I commit some horrific spelling or grammar atrocity.