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Apropos of an earlier comment

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sodapop Thu 22-Feb-24 17:25:46

Just seen this again and thought it would interest pedants
I before E
Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from freshly caffeinated weightlifters. smile

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Theexwife Fri 23-Feb-24 16:01:57

Another version is:

i before e,
Except after c,
Or when sounded as "a",
As in neighbor and weigh
But seizure and seize do what they please.

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Germanshepherdsmum Fri 23-Feb-24 16:03:21

I must use it more often. Rarely need to now that I’m retired. Somehow telling an awkward person that their irrelevant comment was not germane to the issue was deeply satisfying.

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