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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[-] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 months ago

'i' before 'e' except after 'c'

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Or when sounding like “A” as in neighbor and weigh

And on weekends and holidays, and all throughout May

And you always be wrong, no matter what you say.

[-] kerobaros@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

yes, Bryan, we all call that "desk"

[-] cocobean@bookwormstory.social 2 points 2 months ago

I bought 2 boxen of doughnuts

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

This is honestly one of my favorite ones, and legit runs through my head whenever I can't remember the spelling of a word

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Which is way more useful of a tip.

[-] JWBananas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Except in glacier, because English is fucked.

[-] PineRune@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I always thought this one was pretty... WEIRD...

[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Like in “science”.

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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