I before e except after c or when pronounced as "a" as in neighbor and weigh...


I always get wierd wrong too.

besides- phonetically- the spelling "wierd" makes more sense.

Yep. We shud spel al wurds the wa tha sound.

At least the wierd (weird) ones.

ETA: Colonel could use an update.

From dictionary.com:

That makes a kernel of sense.

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In fact, "weird" was originally spelled "wyrd." However, in most cases, you can track the origin of a word by whether it's spelled "ei" or "ie." (There are a lot more exceptions than that little bit of doggerel mentions.)

Phonetic spelling has been suggested many, many times in English's history, and it's generally boiled down to a question of whose pronunciation we'd follow. Just ask the Gershwins.

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"You can't erase icing."

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Right, that's one of the things a Baloney (I know I spelled that wrong) Detector is supposed to look out for.

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hahahaha, gelato is pretty rad though, so i mean, maybe that SHOULD be the case!

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just to clarify... it's not spelled wierd. it's weird. did i miss the joke? i think i did. sorry.

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If it's really "i before e except after c" then it should be spelled "wceird".

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Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

So do love letters.

Darn! That was my catchphrase!

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Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song