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Rubiconned said:
Well, Chapman owns a bookery, but It's too bad he never learned anything in school. The "I before E rule" was invented only for words that use ie or ei FOR THE LONG E SOUND. For example thief vs receipt.

Foreign, neighbor, eight, counterfeit, beige, sleighs, feisty, caffeinated, weightlifters, do not have a long E sound. Keith is not a word, it's a first name. Weird is actually the only exception, but English always has a few exceptions to its rules of pronunciation.
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It's a picture of a sidewalk sign in the joke thread.

I don't think it was meant to be a definitive treatise on structure of the English language.

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RangerTJ said:
It's a picture of a sidewalk sign in the joke thread.

I don't think it was meant to be a definitive treatise on structure of the English language.

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English really is weird. That's why it's so difficult for foreigners to learn. It's a hodge-podge language mainly Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) and Latin from the Normans, along with a smattering of words from all over.
 
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Rubiconned said:
English really is weird. That's why it's so difficult for foreigners to learn. It's a hodge-podge language mainly Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) and Latin from the Normans, along with a smattering of words from all over.
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I can't imagine what it would be like for a non-native speaker trying to learn it today with all the slang intermixed. 🤯
 
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Rubiconned said:
English really is weird. That's why it's so difficult for foreigners to learn. It's a hodge-podge language mainly Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) and Latin from the Normans, along with a smattering of words from all over.
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My Greek friends tell me that two the most problematic English words are "Kitchen" and "Chicken".
 
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