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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 14 points 2 years ago (11 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

i before e, except after c,

or when sounded as a, as in ‘neighbor’ and ‘weigh’,

or when it appears in comparatives and superlatives like ‘fancier’,

or when the c sounds as sh as in ‘glacier’,

or when the vowel sounds like ee as in ‘seize’

or i as in ‘height’,

or when it shows up in compound words such as ‘albeit’,

or when it shows up in –ing inflections of verbs that end in e, like queueing,

or occasionally in technical words that have a strong etymological link to their parent languages such as ‘cuneiform’ and ‘caffeine’, and in numerous other random exceptions such as ‘science’, ‘forfeit’, and ‘weird.’

See, simple

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I before e, except after c, or when sounding like a, as in "neighbor" or "weigh", and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!

[–] MaddestMax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A+ for the Brian Regan reference. He’s magic.

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I hoped someone would recognize it.

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