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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:17 PM Original message |
"I" befor e"E" except after "C" is bullshit! |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. you're weird |
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konnichi wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a weird society. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. isn't it "wieghing in"????? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Neigh |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. ... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Love thy DU neighbors as thyselves. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, they left off the end.... "or when sounded as A as in neighbor and weigh" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. yup; & i used to have trouble with "weird" until i realized it was just a weird exception. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It's actually not an exception |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. What about 'weir'? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. I before E except after C and when it sounds like A as in neighbor and weigh. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. and height. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I learned "or before g as in neighbor and neigh" |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. The full rule: |
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Streen (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. As an English major |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well we can yell back about terrible food. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. If everyone read more widely and wrote more carefully for more diverse audiences, the exceptions |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Neither weird species of leisure seized either financier. n/t |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. excellent |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. Too bad. That was an extremely useful rule. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Next up |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Rein in that temper!! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. ... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. That's one of the things I like about "Science" |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Easter bunny did it with Octomom in the basement... with something pink... |
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yorgatron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. look,all I'm saying is that our language is continually evolving, |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-21-09 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's meant for the sound 'ee' |
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