Why does almost everyone on yahoo answers say "loose weight" and not "lose weight?"

Question

I've also noticed that they say "Pregnat or Pregnate" alot when they mean "Pregnant"

Answer 1

My guess is that they never studied for their spelling tests, never paid attention in their English class, don't want to take the time to use the spell checker or that they ....just....don't....care.

Answer 2

Many people are ignorant of the fact that there are many words that are  pronounced differently when they mean something different.  So due to their lack of knowledge,  they feel they have to change the spelling somehow as they are only aware of one pronunciation of the word.  

Here are just a few.

Lose..... NOT WIN..."The game was a lose."

Lose......To mislay...."I hope I do not lose my keys."

Contract....get smaller.   "Balloons will contract when they leak."

Contract...a legal document.  "I will not sign the contract."

Unionized....a union was formed.  "The store is now unionized."

unionized.... without ions.  "The chemical solution was unionized."

Just some interesting history on this.  When  Admiral Stockdale was a POW of the North Vietnamese they would torture people into reading statements.   So that we would know torture was used,  he did two things.  First,  he eye blinked in a special POW code the word "torture" as he read the statement and secondly,  he improperly pronounced some of the words on the script.   Since Vietnamese is a language that is partially tonal in how it is used,  they did not pick up on the fact that English is not and he got away with it.   And that was the first definite proof that they were torturing our people.   And for that,  along with his leadership of the other POWS,  he got the Medal of Honor.    

Answer 3

THEY CANNOT SPELL...sometimes i type really bad as welll..really enjoy it

Answer 4

Ignorance or laziness of both; I see that too, a LOT.

Answer 5

cuz we are ignorant

Have you tried this workout video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKCGe2Ezr...

Answer 6

i probably am one of the guilty ones  i remember thinking is it loose or lose and then i forgot which one i chose  now is it chose or choose

Answer 7

cuz we are all stupid lazy americans

Answer 8

Well, at least they spelt "weight" right... they could of spelt wat, or wait, or wgt, or whatever else is mumbled up in their brains.