Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT May 3-7, 2010 (1656-1660)
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Eddurd on 06 May 2010, 16:25 ---Also "foreign", "neighbor", and "weight".
Weigh cool.
--- End quote ---
Other than foreign, they DO follow the "sounding like A" part of the rule. In fact, neighbor and weigh are in the little rhyme...
jwhouk:
I before E, except after C, or except as an "a", as in neighbor and weigh.
And English is a funny language to begin with. Someone out there once posted a quote about German barmaids and English, but I'm not remembering it enough to throw it up here.
EDIT: Found it - "English is the result of Norman soldiers attempting to pick up Anglo-Saxon barmaids, and is no more legitimate than any of the other results." (H. Beam Piper, science fiction author)
The Duke:
Can't believe nobody's brought this up yet, but here goes...
"Teacher: I before E except after C and when sounding like A as in neighbour and weigh and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
Student: Whoa! That's a, that's a harsh rule!"
-Brian Regan on school
Kugai:
Well, at least she didn't do her usual freakout - she just went the other way.
Progress I suppose.
akronnick:
everyone say it with me now:
D'aaaaaawwwwwwww!!!!!1!1!!!!
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