LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoCan you think of any now?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square385linkfedilinkarrow-up11.77Karrow-down124
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minus-squareBennyboybumberchums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 days agoI still want whoever decided that “I before E except after C” should be taught to children locked up. Im almost 50, and I still spell “their” wrong if I dont concentrate.
minus-squareRockstarSunglasses@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days ago“I before E, except after C, or when sounded as ‘ay,’ like in ‘Neighbour’ and ‘Weigh.’” …Or when running a feisty heist with their weird, foreign neighbour, Keith.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days ago“I before E exthept after ‘th’” should do the trick. Just have to remember that the last part is pronounced “thee”.
I still want whoever decided that “I before E except after C” should be taught to children locked up. Im almost 50, and I still spell “their” wrong if I dont concentrate.
“I before E, except after C, or when sounded as ‘ay,’ like in ‘Neighbour’ and ‘Weigh.’”
…Or when running a feisty heist with their weird, foreign neighbour, Keith.
“I before E exthept after ‘th’” should do the trick. Just have to remember that the last part is pronounced “thee”.