There, Their, They're.
There - not Here.
Their - its their's and not yours.
They're - means - They Are.
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Loose - not tight.
Lose - as in - you cannot find it.
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From recent conversations and tutorial videos on graphic design. I present 'lasso'. pronounced 'lassu'.
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Say oooooo? Who? Yes, I said oooo!
Lasso - Say LASS -OOO Not Lass 'O' like boy-'O' or mothe 'o' mine.
(Its not lassow) Its 'ooo'. as in - the 'ooo' sound an owl makes, or when a cow goes (m)oo!
As described and mispronounced by many a fool in graphics tools -
I mean, how long will it be before we have the next generation telling older folk, how they say, it should be pronounced. Like the 11 and 23 year olds recently telling me what a LassO tools is; Like I am some old fart who cannot understand technical stuff. They of course missed the point because I did not understand their use of the word because they were pronouncing it incorrectly.
Its a Lassoooooooo As in Get a rope on that horse. Spelt Lasso - pronounced Lassooooo.
OMG even the speaking dictionary cannot get this one right. Is there any hope for anyone when this happens? Are we to start believing the speaking dictionary becasue they have it wrong too?
Its lassooo with a distinct 'ooo' sound on the end, like saying 'SUE', is the correct way to say it.
Even when talking about the lasso tool in a graphics program, lassooooo is the correct way to say it.
Even the past tense version of this word backs up what I say, about the 'oooed' (Like in Dr Who, and the Ooed race of aliens. 'I will lasso the horse', 'He lassoed' the horse'.
catch (an animal) with a lasso.
"at last his father lassoed the horse"
-My ref - Its an original Spanish term or word. Sometimes written Laseu the French /Spanish le'su
ləˈsuː,ˈlasəʊ as the 'ou' or 'ooo' sound is prominent! No 'O' as in 'Go'.
Spanish people I used to stay with who had been horse breeders for centuries said lassoooo. Plus all the old spaghetti-westerns and John Wayne movies I used to watch as a kid. Said Lassooo!
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Quashed and Squashed are TWO different things!
I Squashed the cake flat, as I sat on it.
When I questioned the validity of the parking fine, the judge ordered it QUASHED.
Which meant that I didn't have to pay the fine. It was QUASHED - not SQUASHED!
reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.
"his conviction was quashed on appeal"
--------Literally, don't use it, in case you abuse it!
Everyone's picking on Grandma!
AndyGold.
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