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I before e except after c (Original Post)
Ptah
Aug 2018
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(52,243 posts)1. i before e except after c. otherwise it's weird.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)2. Ha! Love it.
Plus, I love science. That's was a win!!
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)3. that's "skyance" to many of the unwashed masses.
they should have stayed in shool.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)4. The c in science is silent, so it doesn't count
Ptah
(33,030 posts)5. species n/t
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)6. c is also a redundant letter, it should be banned
And y should never be used as a vowel. We have 5 vowels, we don' t need a consonant spy trying to destroy the United Vowels.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)7. See, I'm the opposite. I think we need to bring in more letters.
We need the thorn, yogh, wynn, and eth back in the alphabet.
But screw the ash and the ethel. Mashing two letters together into one is wrong.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)8. We live in a weird society. n/t
Leith
(7,809 posts)9. I Heard a Second Part to the "Rule"
I don't remember it exactly, so paraphrasing
Except when pronounced "ay" as in neighbor and weigh.
And it's still not so.