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On 17/11/2013 03:44, Andrew Berg wrote:
> On 2013.11.16 11:02, Paul Smith wrote:
>> The one that really irks me is people using "loose" when they mean
>> "lose".  These words are not related, and they don't sound the
>> same. Plus this mistake is very common; I typically see it at least
>> once a day.
> Don't be surprised if such people pronounce them the same; a lot of
> such errors are caused by learning incorrect pronunciation. For
> example, people often write 'should of' because that is what they
> hear (and what they end up saying).
>
I get annoyed by those who say "pronounciation"...