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By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:42:43 +0000

I think people should spend some time invested in the dictionary and learn that words have more then one or two meanings, seriously,

some are looking at the word loose as in being let go like a wild animal, however an army person is discharged, which is loose in the dictionary, I do not look at being discharged or released from a job as being let out of a cage like an animal

it means discharged from your duties, which is what being let go or being fired is

By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:39:26 +0000

thanks gummy, I am alarmed though that some are not fully aware of what the word LOOSE means, they think it means baggy only

the word loose also means discharged or released,

when an army person is discharged, they are being released from a job, but some are constricting dictionary terms?

By: Friendly.Gummy.Bear

Friendly.Gummy.Bear — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:50:45 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience with fellow Trionders.

By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:59:38 +0000

If you are meaning something that is ill-fitting or slack, use loose

you do know alistiar that the word loose has many more meanings right?

By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:14:17 +0000

but I am looking at the word loose as in the dictionary, discharged, or released from, or set free from your duties as that profession

when an army fellow is discharged, he has had a job loss correct? he is not working any longer, he OR SHE, so I am not accused of being sexist

By: Alistair Briggs

Alistair Briggs — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:31:05 +0000

or you could just say ‘lose’ rather than ’set loose’

Set loose sounds like what you would do to a caged animal.

By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:53:28 +0000

alright I changed it HAHA

hehehehe

By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:50:14 +0000

Well that is what I was meaning, they may be set loose from the job,

now you said MAY BE SET FREE, so it has not occured as of YET

By: Alistair Briggs

Alistair Briggs — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:40:26 +0000

no but you still don’t loose a job though.

One would ‘lose’ a job.

They may be set loose from a job (meaning they are set free from it)

But if one gets sacked they lose their job.

By: dawngordon

dawngordon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:27:15 +0000

alright now I know what the problem is, yes losing does sound like double O, but I associate it to a losing team in sport, not being set free from a job,

now I spent some time in the dictionarry, the term loose, comes from the 1225c, which means being set free,

the word loose also means discharged, I look at a job loss as being discharged and set from the obligation of the job

I look at the word losing as in a losing battle, or a losing team, not being let go of, or set free, or discharged from a position like the word loose says in the dictionary

so I am sorry I was wrong about the losing being a double o, but I do not look at loosing a job as a battle or defeat