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From: root@chessene.UUCP (Mark Buda)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,sci.lang
Subject: Re: An actual SUGGESTION about spelling
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Date: 15 May 89 19:37:37 GMT
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In article <829@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes:
>In the "olden days", people were taught rules like "i before e except
>after c."  It is amazing how many people still violate that simple
>rule.  Perhaps because people feel it is silly to resort to nursery
>rhymes to spell.

I am an excellent speller. If I can't spell a word, it's because I've never
heard of it. However, there are two exceptions... I CANNOT remember whether
it's wierd or weird, despite the 'i before e' rule. I have to write it down
both ways, and even then sometimes I'm not sure (like now).

And I can't spell 'friend' without hearing Mr. Rogers singing 'f-r-i-e-n-d
special...' in the back of my head.

Does anybody else have that problem? :-)

Mark Buda
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