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205| Sun, 25 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT| anonymous| Comments (9)
Hi, I've found a surprising spelling error in IIS, in the Stop/Start/Reset
dialog box.

It says "You will loose all current sessions..." rather than "lose".

Microsoft, shame on you... ;-)

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Hi
For enormous products range and user friendliness
Microsoft provides , Lets forget this simple stuff :-) out of hunderd
thousand lines of coding.

Jeethu Joseph
IIS/Asp.Net Engineer Microsoft

jeethu | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:20:00 GMT |

Is this the official response!? ^_^

I'm just a little surprised that Microsoft's stringent QA process didn't
catch this little typo. I was even more surprised when I googled and nobody
seems to have mentioned it.

Just another one to file under "MS-related strangeness..."

"Jeethu Joseph" wrote:

> Hi
> For enormous products range and user friendliness
> Microsoft provides , Lets forget this simple stuff :-) out of hunderd
> thousand lines of coding.
> Jeethu Joseph
> IIS/Asp.Net Engineer Microsoft
>

andrewh | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:21:00 GMT |

"AndrewH" <AndrewH...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02DD0E61-5691-40BF-A64E-CDDDD25731D6...microsoft.com...
> Is this the official response!? ^_^
> I'm just a little surprised that Microsoft's stringent QA process didn't
> catch this little typo. I was even more surprised when I googled and
> nobody
> seems to have mentioned it.
> Just another one to file under "MS-related strangeness..."

OK, let's improve the world, and forbid spell errors, and let's also forbid,
unofficial English like: "I aint' do it" (instead of I won't do it) and "you
and me" (instead of you and I).

egbert | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:22:00 GMT |

> OK, let's improve the world, and forbid spell errors, and let's also forbid,
> unofficial English like: "I aint' do it" (instead of I won't do it) and "you
> and me" (instead of you and I).

Sorry, but what on Earth are you talking about?

Slang has got precisely nothing to do with poor spelling, or mistakes in QA.

I'm not coming here to attack MS, but to point out what I think is an
interesting anomaly.

Your reluctance to laugh about it with me could be seen to reflect a
slightly precious attitude towards criticism, when in fact there is none
offered.

The fact that this *isn't* an open-source project, and people *are* paid to
fix this kind of thing, is noteworthy. But hey, it's no big deal.

Ciao.

andrewh | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:23:00 GMT |

hi

Maybe I missed the point, but you are saying that it should be written
"lose" instead of "loose", right ?

If So, and just as a side note, here in Portugal, "loose" is taught as the
correct english spelling.

maybe, who scanned for errors wasn't american ?

Pedro Leite From Portugal.
---
"AndrewH" <AndrewH...discussions.microsoft.com> escreveu na mensagem
news:41293D97-1090-45E4-A78C-A478CB6E9BE7...microsoft.com...
> Hi, I've found a surprising spelling error in IIS, in the Stop/Start/Reset
> dialog box.
> It says "You will loose all current sessions..." rather than "lose".
> Microsoft, shame on you... ;-)
>
>

pedro | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:24:00 GMT |

> maybe, who scanned for errors wasn't american ?

Very good point! I was not aware of that.

Have a nice day,

Andrew

andrewh | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:25:00 GMT |

well , "loose" is the correct english spelling for "loose" and "lose" is the
correct english spelling for "lose" but the 2 have very different meanings.

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/lose
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lose
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=16736&dict=S&lang=E
http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=lose&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG&ESP=1&v=72189267

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/loose
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/loose
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=16717&dict=S&lang=E
http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=loose&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG&ESP=1&v=58781511

"Pedro Leite" <naoehpreciso> wrote in message
news:eviiFaNeGHA.4912...TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> hi
> Maybe I missed the point, but you are saying that it should be written
> "lose" instead of "loose", right ?
> If So, and just as a side note, here in Portugal, "loose" is taught as the
> correct english spelling.
> maybe, who scanned for errors wasn't american ?
> Pedro Leite From Portugal.
> ---
> "AndrewH" <AndrewH...discussions.microsoft.com> escreveu na mensagem
> news:41293D97-1090-45E4-A78C-A478CB6E9BE7...microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I've found a surprising spelling error in IIS, in the
Stop/Start/Reset
> > dialog box.
> >
> > It says "You will loose all current sessions..." rather than "lose".
> >
> > Microsoft, shame on you... ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

gerry | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:26:00 GMT |

Hi

who would know that today i would be learning english !!!

thank you for the clarification on a subtle linguistic difference.

before posting, i asked an english teacher and she ( yes, I actually talk to
women in the flesh ) only mentioned the "loose" as being part of the to
lose, lost, lost verb.

thanks a bunch

Best Regards

Pedro Leite from Portugal
----
"gerry" <germ...nospam.nospam> escreveu na mensagem
news:uwD2o4OeGHA.3388...TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> well , "loose" is the correct english spelling for "loose" and "lose" is
> the
> correct english spelling for "lose" but the 2 have very different
> meanings.
> http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/lose
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lose
> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=16736&dict=S&lang=E
> http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=lose&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG&ESP=1&v=72189267
> http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/loose
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/loose
> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=16717&dict=S&lang=E
> http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3&Keyword=loose&goquery=Find+it%21&Language=ENG&ESP=1&v=58781511
>
> "Pedro Leite" <naoehpreciso> wrote in message
> news:eviiFaNeGHA.4912...TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> hi
>> Maybe I missed the point, but you are saying that it should be written
>> "lose" instead of "loose", right ?
>> If So, and just as a side note, here in Portugal, "loose" is taught as
>> the
>> correct english spelling.
>> maybe, who scanned for errors wasn't american ?
>> Pedro Leite From Portugal.
>> ---
>> "AndrewH" <AndrewH...discussions.microsoft.com> escreveu na mensagem
>> news:41293D97-1090-45E4-A78C-A478CB6E9BE7...microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, I've found a surprising spelling error in IIS, in the
> Stop/Start/Reset
>> > dialog box.
>> >
>> > It says "You will loose all current sessions..." rather than "lose".
>> >
>> > Microsoft, shame on you... ;-)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>

pedro | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:27:00 GMT |

"AndrewH" <AndrewH...discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CE7E9B80-736F-4E42-AE4C-BFE50D64CCB5...microsoft.com...
>> OK, let's improve the world, and forbid spell errors, and let's also
>> forbid,
>> unofficial English like: "I aint' do it" (instead of I won't do it) and
>> "you
>> and me" (instead of you and I).
> Sorry, but what on Earth are you talking about?
> Slang has got precisely nothing to do with poor spelling, or mistakes in
> QA.
> I'm not coming here to attack MS, but to point out what I think is an
> interesting anomaly.
> Your reluctance to laugh about it with me could be seen to reflect a
> slightly precious attitude towards criticism, when in fact there is none
> offered.
> The fact that this *isn't* an open-source project, and people *are* paid
> to
> fix this kind of thing, is noteworthy. But hey, it's no big deal.

ok, I understand you. I might just not have been in the mood for a laugh :)

egbert | Sun, 25 May 2008 15:28:00 GMT |

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