← Back to context Comment by ses1984 6 hours ago I’m guessing most cases of loose/lose switch happen when English isn’t someone’s first language. 4 comments ses1984 Reply theowaway213456 6 hours ago In my experience, this mistake happens all the time for native English speakers born in the US. garbawarb 3 hours ago Indeed, but other languages have been around forever whereas I've seen this particular misspelling a ton in the last year and rarely before that. ses1984 2 hours ago I haven’t noticed the same trend. garbawarb 1 hour ago Search the word "loose" in recent HN comments, it's become quite common.> all he'll breaks loose (a doubly amusing one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826823Plus this thread, and that's just in the last 24 hours!
theowaway213456 6 hours ago In my experience, this mistake happens all the time for native English speakers born in the US.
garbawarb 3 hours ago Indeed, but other languages have been around forever whereas I've seen this particular misspelling a ton in the last year and rarely before that. ses1984 2 hours ago I haven’t noticed the same trend. garbawarb 1 hour ago Search the word "loose" in recent HN comments, it's become quite common.> all he'll breaks loose (a doubly amusing one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826823Plus this thread, and that's just in the last 24 hours!
ses1984 2 hours ago I haven’t noticed the same trend. garbawarb 1 hour ago Search the word "loose" in recent HN comments, it's become quite common.> all he'll breaks loose (a doubly amusing one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826823Plus this thread, and that's just in the last 24 hours!
garbawarb 1 hour ago Search the word "loose" in recent HN comments, it's become quite common.> all he'll breaks loose (a doubly amusing one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826823Plus this thread, and that's just in the last 24 hours!
In my experience, this mistake happens all the time for native English speakers born in the US.
Indeed, but other languages have been around forever whereas I've seen this particular misspelling a ton in the last year and rarely before that.
I haven’t noticed the same trend.
Search the word "loose" in recent HN comments, it's become quite common.
> all he'll breaks loose (a doubly amusing one): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47826823
Plus this thread, and that's just in the last 24 hours!