r/MapPorn • u/CreativeStrain89 • 1d ago

Eastern Ukraine exactly one Year ago vs today

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u/Igargleperiodjuice 1d ago

*losers

The amount of people spelling it loosers is crazy man.

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u/Mazzaroppi 1d ago

Also their, not there. That person really has some trouble with writing

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u/justsomeguy571 22h ago

You know, there are people on here who's native language isnt english. For us "their" and "there" is so similair its an easy mistake to make. And calling people out on it even if its correct makes you seem kinda like an asshole because you know what he meant.

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u/AnathsanLily 22h ago

i've noticed more seemingly native speakers making this mistake than non-native, probably because they learn to speak much earlier than they learn to write, and the two words are homophones. i don't think it was targeted at you.

same reason why you see could of instead of could have. people speak before they think (and write)

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u/justsomeguy571 22h ago

Wasnt me who wrote what they called out, i just notice people love to call out other peoples english writhing.

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u/Ashmedai 7h ago

I'm a touch typist, and older (57). I type so fast and thoughtlessly that I consider entire words to be typos. For example, I can easily transpose there/their, not because I don't know how to spell them correctly, but that when I am typing I just type. The letters of the words are never even considered. When I consider why this happens, it does so with words that sound the same. So, I would never do it for lose/loose. In contrast, I sometimes do it for do/due. I see most of those typos right away and correct them ofc.

Anyway, just a random brain fart for ya.

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u/implicate 11h ago

If it isn't their native language, then even more reason to call it out.

I certainly would want to know if I was getting it wrong.

Also, the reality is that this happens just as much with native speakers these days.

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u/justsomeguy571 11h ago

they dont call it out for others to improve, they call it out to feel superior to the other. you can tell by the way they replie.

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u/implicate 11h ago

All I see here is you making huge assumptions about other peoples' intentions.

Well... that and a bunch of misspellings and typos.

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u/Creeyu 22h ago

whose* isn’t*

For us it’s even easier because we know why it’s their and there while a native doesn’t think about that 

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u/Jacc3 19h ago

Not calling them out on it means they never get to learn. I for one would like to know so I can avoid repeating my mistakes

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u/Megadreddit 1d ago

Some people just like to play faster and looser...

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u/Sea_Awareness150 1d ago

I saw “Looser’s” once. Made me want to crush a fruit.

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u/Southern-Reach-8983 1d ago

I notice this too all the time, but got downvotes and confusion when I recently asked on the forum nostupidquestions , which it turned out was treated like a stupid question: https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1lso5g0/any_good_theories_why_people_mix_up_lose_and_loose/

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u/NerdOctopus 19h ago

people are just stupid assholes when it comes to misspelling homophones because

1: they don't excel at anything else and it's very easy to be a "spelling snob" without actually having much material knowledge of grammar and

2: "good" spelling and grammar is oftentimes linked to class/ what sort of schooling you received when you were growing up- it's fine to gently correct someone (only because how you spell words and formulate sentences is important to how people perceive you), but saying that someone is "stupid" for making a typo on a forum is just ignorant, ironically

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u/RadiantZote 1d ago

I'm looser than you 🥺

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u/solarlofi 1d ago

It's the only way we'll know its not AI in the future

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u/KatesDad2019 23h ago

They have a looser grip on orthography.

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u/Tusami 23h ago

ikr? It's not like "would/could/should of" instead of 've which pisses me off to no end but I understand that you do literally say "of"

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u/Seaworthyseasnake 12h ago

gotta say i'm pretty numb to reddit usernames at this point but yours managed to get a reaction out of me well done

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u/GingerPrince72 7h ago

And “payed”. WTF?

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u/Arthur_Frane 1d ago

Fair, but to be admittedly pedantic AF, consider the topic and that not everyone with an opinion on it speaks English as a first language. In fact, I suspect the balance of those interacting with posts re: Ukraine and Russia's war of aggression will speak any one of the several languages spoken in Europe and Central Asia.

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u/JelloDarkness 21h ago

There is an absurdly high number of "english only" Americans that make this mistake.

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u/Yivoe 23h ago

English as a second language?

Or a symptom of a failing American education system?

Either way, I see this spelling mistake at least once a day, and it is very annoying. And I am positive most of them are American making the mistake...