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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Andy Eagle</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><<a href="mailto:andy@scots-online.org">andy@scots-online.org</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Orthography" 2008.08.16 (03) [E]</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Diederik wrote:</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">What does
he mean with "breaking the 'i before e' rule"? What rule is that<br>
anyway? I have seen people write "wierd", and (considering the<br>
pronunciation) I guess people can also misspell sieze for seize, although I<br>
have never seen it. But why would anyone write nieghbour or foriegn?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">The rule is
supposedly i before e except after c (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C</a>
Take with pinch of salt;-)<br>
Though I can't see what 'wierd', 'sieze', 'nieghbour' or 'foriegn' have to do
with that.<br>
<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br>
Andy</span></span></p>
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