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To: Jane Long
"Weird, huh?"

Curling up in the trunk would be weird?
The "i before e, except after c" rule breaks down on this word. Weird huh?

13 posted on 09/15/2021 5:45:56 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: outofsalt

Uncanny.


15 posted on 09/15/2021 5:47:10 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: outofsalt
> The "i before e, except after c" rule breaks down on this word. Weird huh?

I learned it as: "I before E except after C, unless sounded as 'A' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'."

But that still leaves out "weird". It's definitely an outlier.

29 posted on 09/15/2021 5:58:48 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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