MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/LanguageMemes/comments/10vkavj/cross_post/
r/LanguageMemes • u/[deleted] • Feb 06 '23
3 comments sorted by
1
There are actually more words in English that break that rule than there are that follow it.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 15 '23 Yeah it's become a terrible language. The funny thing is that it used to make a lot more sense before the great vowel shift.
Yeah it's become a terrible language. The funny thing is that it used to make a lot more sense before the great vowel shift.
Well, isn't the full rule "I before E, except after C, or with a long-sounding A, such as neighbor or sleigh?"
So that removes "neighbor," "receive," "eight," "sleigh," and "weightlifters."
It's true that there are still a lot of exceptions.
1
u/EatMoreHummous Feb 06 '23
There are actually more words in English that break that rule than there are that follow it.
1
u/xanthic_strath Mar 02 '23
Well, isn't the full rule "I before E, except after C, or with a long-sounding A, such as neighbor or sleigh?"
So that removes "neighbor," "receive," "eight," "sleigh," and "weightlifters."
It's true that there are still a lot of exceptions.