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I before e except after c (Original Post) Ptah Aug 2018 OP
i before e except after c. otherwise it's weird. unblock Aug 2018 #1
Ha! Love it. Control-Z Aug 2018 #2
that's "skyance" to many of the unwashed masses. lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #3
The c in science is silent, so it doesn't count marylandblue Aug 2018 #4
species n/t Ptah Aug 2018 #5
c is also a redundant letter, it should be banned marylandblue Aug 2018 #6
See, I'm the opposite. I think we need to bring in more letters. Liberal Veteran Aug 2018 #7
We live in a weird society. n/t Ron Obvious Aug 2018 #8
I Heard a Second Part to the "Rule" Leith Aug 2018 #9

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
6. c is also a redundant letter, it should be banned
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 04:09 PM
Aug 2018

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.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:09 PM
Aug 2018

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.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
9. I Heard a Second Part to the "Rule"
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 07:43 PM
Aug 2018

I don't remember it exactly, so paraphrasing

Except when pronounced "ay" as in neighbor and weigh.



And it's still not so.





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