--- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > The only rule we got at school was 'after c', and then one
> > just learned
> > all the exceptions. Everyone has a few words they can't spell
> > I think.
> > One of mine is 'resteraunt'.
> From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The only rule we got at school was 'after c', and then one
> just learned
> all the exceptions. Everyone has a few words they can't spell
> I think.
> One of mine is 'resteraunt'. Oops! Restaurant.
Mine are: vacuum, caffeine, torture and
--- Han Tacoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...and to think that the former
> could have been spoken if
> Gutemberg hadn't circa 1450
> come up with the printing press.
>
Hay now, Getemberg may have stole that idea from the chinese, but that's no
reason to blame him for modern spelling standar
On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 10:31 pm, Julia Thompson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
The ie/ei rule is complicated, and has 8 exceptions that have been
brought to my attention, but I can never remember more than 7 of
them:
either
foreig
On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 16:31:00 -0500 Julia told Dean
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > >The ie/ei rule is complicated, and has 8 exceptions that have been
> > >brought to my attention, but I can never remember more than 7 of
> > >th
At 02:05 PM 6/7/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
Han Tacoma wrote:
>
> Debbi explains the origins of fish on
> (Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT))
> [..gone snip crazy...]
> > I don't remember all the words it comes from, but IIRC
> > "ghoti" is an alternative spelling for the sound
> > "fish" [e
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> >The ie/ei rule is complicated, and has 8 exceptions that have been
> >brought to my attention, but I can never remember more than 7 of
> >them:
> >
> >either
> >foreign
> >forfeit
> >leisure
> >neither
> >
On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
>The ie/ei rule is complicated, and has 8 exceptions that have been
>brought to my attention, but I can never remember more than 7 of
>them:
>
>either
>foreign
>forfeit
>leisure
>neither
>seize
>weird
>
>There's at least 1 more. Anyone?
T
Amendment at the end.
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From: "Han Tacoma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: English rules & exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people
> Julia (
Julia (Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500) writes:
> Han Tacoma wrote:
> >
> > Debbi explains the origins of fish on
> > (Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT))
> > [..gone snip crazy...]
> > > I don't remember all the words it comes from, but IIRC
> > > "ghoti" is an alternative spelling for the soun
In a message dated 6/7/2003 12:39:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > There's at least 1 more. Anyone?
> >
>
> Stein
There are many steins in Leipzig, ja?
William Taylor
-
After going through at $4 a book
...and again at $3 a book
...and then
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Han Tacoma wrote:
> >
> > Debbi explains the origins of fish on
> > (Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT))
> > [..gone snip crazy...]
> > > I don't remember all the words it comes from, but IIRC
> > > "ghoti" is an alternative spelling for the sound
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