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overkrill@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s the best rule, there are only 923 exceptions to it in the scrabble word list.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The original rule was “I before E, except after C, or when it rhymes with May, like neighbor or weigh.” My mom’s maiden name was an exception to this rule, so she always adds, “and my maiden name.”

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    • Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It cuts down to about 300 exceptions if in include the “unless it rhymes with neighbor or way” subclause. That subclause is also violated about 2 dozen times.

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• deacon@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “before “E” except after “C” and when sounding like “A” as in neighbor and weigh, and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and YOU’LL ALWAYS BE WRONG NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY!!!”

  -Brian Regan

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• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  But why do you follow arbitrary rules? Why are you part of the system, maaaan?

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  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    My dad’s not a phone!

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    • everett@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I threw it on the ceiling

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Happy shitday to the ceiling.

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      DUHH!

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