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sam345yesterday at 12:50 PM1 replyview on HN

Loser. Loose means opposite of tight.


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ben_wyesterday at 12:55 PM

Even as a native English speaker, this is one of my more common mistakes, along with weather/whether[/wether].

How did we end up with the word with the long-o having one o, and the word with the short-o having two?

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