I understand errors because of fast typing etc. i make them myself but this must be some weird psychological phenomena
2007-02-01 09:19:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No weird psychological stuff. It may be as simple as the fact that the common word "choose", which rhymes with it, has two o's.
And when you think about it, the spelling 'lose" makes very little phonetic sense!
The u/"oo" -sound is typically spelled with "u(e)", "oo" ['choose'] , "ou" ['through'] or "ew" ['brew']. How often is it spelled with just ONE "o" ?
But oddly, in this case the double o is used to indicate a following /s/ sound, the single o a /z/ sound! How odd is that?!
In this case, I suspect a lot of people are just typing quickly and not thinking too much about it... and so they automatically apply the 'general rule' of "oo" for this sound, even if, stopping to think about it, they know the difference.
2007-02-01 12:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Caz' answer says it all...Too bad it's not true!
I have actually seen my coworker do the same thing recently...I think it's because the double-o sound in lose, that makes them type in the extra o.
English is kinda messed up, though...technically, I think 'loose' should be spelled 'looce', and 'lose' should be spelled 'loose'. If all of the rules of English applied with these words, 'lose' would sound like 'lows', so I suppose I understand the confusion.
2007-02-01 17:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I double type letters alot but I think this one has a specific connection to the way people are thinking when they type. Or they way they were taught. Honestly the school systems could use a bit of a touch up. But that's no one's fault really, there is just too many people to teach and not enough teachers.
2007-02-01 17:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's got that 'oo' sound in it. They assume it should be spelled with two 'o's because they're too stupid/lazy to learn proper spelling/grammar.
2007-02-01 17:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by gilgamesh 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's confusing, they sound the same and look similar
2007-02-01 17:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah.. or maybe because english is not the motherlanguange of everybody on answers..
2007-02-01 17:22:46 · answer #6 · answered by ikpfradk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
phenomenon, not phenomena.
2007-02-01 17:56:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋