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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 09:57 AM Original message |
stick with the 'I before E except after C' rule or drop it, O.K. Freinds? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. English, such a wonderful language! |
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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. And when pronounced as 'ay' |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. bough and dough don't rhyme? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. the tough coughs through as he ploughs the dough |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. though bough and dough do rhyme |
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nyhuskyfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Nope |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. neeeether and n-aye-ther |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. and 'trough' should be 'TROF' |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Huh? |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. why is 'machine' pronounced 'sh' |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. let's drop C altogether, we already have a K and S |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I saw your advert in the bolor supplement |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. but "friends" follows the rule |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. that's REALLY how it's spelled? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yes. Deliciously ironic, isn't it, that weird would be spelled so..weirdly |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. lol.... should have read yours first... |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. But, "friends" does follow the rule... I before E... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Hey, I said that five minutes ago! |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I know... I never deign to read others' posts before spouting my own... |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. and SILENT LETTERS, let's just be done with silent letters. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You know there is a society promoting just these thoguhts. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. The rule in German |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. einfach, except for all the gerund / subjunctive stuff |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. And dem verdammt |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. You're Such A Curmudgeon |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. and what about the word 'their', that's an E before an I and no C! |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Well, For That Matter, What's Up W/ YOUR Name? |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. it's actually pronounced more like 'Moch-Pie-Yewellecht' |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Interesting |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. It's that fuckin homosimians fault |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. actually, "yewellecht" |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-05 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. I Am Under Seige By Your Heinous Weirdness |
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