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Originally posted by RogB:
When you say loose instead of lose enough times it finally becomes proper usage.

https://www.cbc.ca/comedy/funn...eady-do-so-1.3808853

Poe's Law dude. You had me going for about five seconds there.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:

I always thought that piqued was the future tense of poke.

Past pluperfect subjunctive.

You rein in or give someone/something "free rein" (in the same manner, figuratively, as the reins controlling a horse), not reign.

The rein in Spein, no, that's not it.

The reign in Speign, that's not it either.