RM> 29 Jun 2016 22:14, from Ward Dossche -> Richard Menedetter:
RM>>> Again ... it is sad that it came the way it came (and it is a RM>>> loose-loose situation) but if that is what the UK decided, than we RM>>> have to accept it, and make the best out of it. WD>> It is not to be forgotten that the UK until further notice is a WD>> net-contributor to the union. WD>> Take away the UK and with the same programs your taxes will have to go WD>> up.
RM> As I said loose-loose.
Richard, you mean "lose-lose"! "Loose" is an adjective meaning the opposite to "tight"!
(Don't worry, a lot of Anglophiles get it wrong, too!)
David
-- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK