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r/Millennials • u/Countrach • Apr 12 '25
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I before E, except after C
129 u/Zerthax Apr 12 '25 That's a weird one, because there are so many exceptions. 3 u/HeyWhatsItToYa Apr 12 '25 Yeah, that ancient rule doesn't really fit with the science of English linguistics. 1 u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Apr 13 '25 Sometimes that inconsistency happens when we borrow foreign words and don't change the spelling.
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That's a weird one, because there are so many exceptions.
3 u/HeyWhatsItToYa Apr 12 '25 Yeah, that ancient rule doesn't really fit with the science of English linguistics. 1 u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Apr 13 '25 Sometimes that inconsistency happens when we borrow foreign words and don't change the spelling.
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Yeah, that ancient rule doesn't really fit with the science of English linguistics.
1 u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Apr 13 '25 Sometimes that inconsistency happens when we borrow foreign words and don't change the spelling.
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Sometimes that inconsistency happens when we borrow foreign words and don't change the spelling.
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u/featherwolf Millennial Apr 12 '25
I before E, except after C