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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 69 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I before E except after C, and when sounding like A as in "neighbor" and "weigh", and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll NEVER be right no matter WHAT you say!

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

CAT. K A T. I'm outta here.
(I know there's two Ts)

[–] scallopedllama@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh... That's a hard rule