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Friday, April 14, 2006
Their Rules Are WeirdSometimes I just have to rail against the English language. Everyone remembers this rule from grade school right? "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A as in neighbor and weigh." Well, their and weird have the E before the I, and it's not after C, and they don't rhyme (don't get me started on the H in that word) with neighbor or weigh! How anyone is able to compete in a spelling bee is beyond me. And why isn't phonetic spelled phonetically? And why is there an S in lisp? That's just cruel.
Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? And, what do I call something that doesn't burn?
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