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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

True, but the full saying is, “I before E, except after C or when sounded as A as in neighbour and weigh. And weird is just weird.” There are still some exceptions to this rule though but most of the time, it’ll work.

There’s also a version that was taught to some people that goes like, “I before E, except after C, for words sounding like E” which worked most of the time too back when that saying was made (since we use more words of Greek origin now that break this rule).

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Not mine, but gets the point across:

And yes, English is an endlessly exhaustive exercise in eloquence and execution.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Actually, that "full version" is still more wrong than it is right. For example: fancier, species, their, heist, foreign, vein, seize, science, Raleigh, Keith, Neil, either and neither, leisure, deity, atheism (ironic), reignite, albeit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How to reset an entire language