"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
>
> I can assure you, Stan, that when folks don't differentiate between "lose"
and
> 'loose" it has nothing to do their spelling ability, it's ignorance
regarding
> *definition* amongst homophones... and no, Stan, I'm not saying you're
***.
>
> M-W
>
> ho·mo·phone
>
> noun
> Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
> Date: 1843
> 1 : one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning or
> derivation or spelling (as the words to, too, and two).
>

In my dialect of English, they're not even homophones since I pronounce the
/s/ of "lose" as [z] and "loose" as [s] The advise/advice mix-up is another
very common spelling problem that irritates me. They aren't even pronounced
the same way (as practise/practice is) so why do people think the words are
interchangeable? (Poor reasoning, I know, but it's mine :-)).

rona
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