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Thread: i before e except after c ???
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26th May 2004, 12:44 AM #1
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i before e except after c ???
Jim (reformed Spelling Nazi - now Spelling Helper) Said....
This week's spelling hint.
i before e except after c
eg 1. believe
2. receive
or when sounded as ay as in neighbour or weigh
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I want to know what happened to their?
Cliff.
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26th May 2004, 10:57 AM #2
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Ahhh, but Cliff, it IS pronounced "thayur"! At least, it is by us Scots
On a similar vein, we also have 3 different pronounciations for "law", "lore" and "lower" which the guys I used to work with in England couldn't even say, never mind spell.
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John
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26th May 2004, 11:05 AM #3
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What about weird?
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26th May 2004, 11:11 AM #4
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"Weird"? Maybe some monk in the 13th century copied it down wrong...
I don't know, some folk are so picky.
John
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26th May 2004, 11:42 AM #5
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You mean like when he wrote celibate instead of celebrate?
Originally Posted by jshaw
"Weird"? Maybe some monk in the 13th century copied it down wrong...
John
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26th May 2004, 01:09 PM #6
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I've always thought that the science of spelling was kind of weird.
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26th May 2004, 11:42 PM #7
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Grunt, think of it as less of a science and more of a random lottery and it will make much more sense! Originally Posted by Grunt
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
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