Frank and Ernest by Thaves for April 13, 2022

be nICE

except for eight, weigh and neigh and weird. And weir, which I had to look up. I think weirs are weird. Spellcheck wouldn’t even let me write it – had to fudge.

(A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Wikipedia)

So ‘E’ holds the door for ‘I’ except when the jealous spouse, ‘C’ is around. ‘I’ will hold the door for ‘E’ when carrying a heavy weight, or in certain other circumstances.

Ask Albert Ienstien about it.

I always hated that I before E rule anyway. Way too many exceptions there.

Rules make writing more readable, but they also increase the time to finish, for those of us who are not grammar literate.

Actually more English words have cie than cei, at least according to Stephen Fry https://youtu.be/M7hYEijfFF8

C wot ’E’s done. I can’t stand it!

and remember it’s ! before # except after %

Yield.

Old MacDonald Had A Farm E-I-E-I-O…!

There is a lot of exceptions like in some peoples last names that have ancestery like Italy and in eastren Europe

So olde MacDonald is among the missing? (along with “o”)

The rule is, I before E except after C, except when weird atheist science societies, seeing eight beige reindeer heifers reign and neigh, and sufficiently efficient albeit bouncier species, seize their ancient fallacies of deintellectualized deities agreeing to forfeit the reins, while heir Keith inveigles to reinforce or reinvent a surfeit of fancier, juicier, counterfeit caffeine freight weighing eight glaciers, herein a feint.

The EIC Capades.

I before E except after C disproved by science.

e-n-c-y-c-lo-p-e-d-i-a! Thank you, Jiminy Cricket. And “Father Know Best” for the “i-before-e” lesson.