Can we get our marshals, marshalls and martials straight here?

They're of course all pronounced the same but


Marshall is somebody's name
Marshal is a law enforcement person
Martial means "military" or "warrior" related (although there have been
people who used it as a surname)

Matt Dillon is an actor.

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Or it should be if it isn't...

Foe some reason I used "Marshall" repeatedly last night. Don't know why, I DO know how to spell it.

As of this morning, I've been spelling it correctly again...

:blush:

How is that?

but of course, all three are okay by spellcheck.

And set up a rapid response system to lend emergency response to threads in error.

loose is an adjective

Not fastened, restrained, or contained: loose bricks.
Not taut, fixed, or rigid: a loose anchor line; a loose chair leg.
Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered: criminals loose in the neighborhood; dogs that are loose on the streets.
Not tight-fitting or tightly fitted: loose shoes.
Not bound, bundled, stapled, or gathered together: loose papers.
Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure: loose gravel.
Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle: loose talk.
Not formal; relaxed: a loose atmosphere at the club.
Lacking conventional moral restraint in sexual behavior.
Not literal or exact: a loose translation.
Characterized by a free movement of fluids in the body: a loose cough; loose bowels.

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lose is a verb

To suffer loss.
To be defeated.

To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.
To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.
To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.
To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.
To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.

To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
To rid oneself of: lost five pounds.
To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle occupations.
To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's way.

To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers.
To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost them.
To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive: Both planes were lost in the crash.
To cause to be damned.

I still intend to use "moran" and "This is hugh!!!1!" when applicable. :evilgrin:


On edit: Yes ... I am series about this. ;-)

"Marshall" is an accepted variant spelling for marshal, unless its a U.S. Marshal
that has a specific spelling.

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I cringe every time I see a post about "marshal law".

And as for lose, loose, and loons.....