I before E...

[MrScorpio]

[jberryhill]

1. Science says otherwise on "except after c"

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I learned it as

I before E except after C, or when pronounced like A as in neighbor and weigh. I've also on occasion heard a longer version of that rule that names several specific exceptions, such as the word weird.

So whoever designed that cup simply doesn't know the full rule.

I do get tired of people pissing and moaning all the time about English spelling. Our variegated spelling is a proud tribute to the fact that we've acquired so many words from so many other languages. Oh, and if you want to go to some sort of phonetic spelling, which pronunciation will you make standard?

[Xipe Totec]

3. English from 5 centuries ago is hard to understand

Spanish from 10 centuries ago is still as readable as modern Spanish.

I'm at a loss at which is the better option.

Is being stuck in a 1,000 year old culture a good thing?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. English 5 centuries ago really was a different language.

Which is why forcing people today to read Shakespeare in the original almost never makes them appreciate it, let alone love it.

In other countries Shakespeare is routinely re-translated, so they are always reading or seeing it performed in their current language. Whereas students in English speaking countries have to have a lot of words and phrases footnoted, which is hardly conducive to easy reading.

And somehow I doubt that thousand year ago Spanish would be all that readable, today. Maybe 500 year old Spanish.

[sakabatou]

8. And if you want to know about Shakespearian English...

[Xipe Totec]

9. Cantar de Mio Cid

Composed sometime between 1140 and 1207

Still taught in high school in Mexico.

Still readable to modern Spanish speakers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantar_de_mio_Cid

[Callmecrazy]

4. Neither financier seized either species of weird leisure.

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Those are the exceptions.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Speices?

What's that?