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    From Dallas Hinton@1:153/7715 to All on Tue Aug 20 16:15:34 2019
    Hi All!

    I before E is the rule.

    Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters.

    Weird.

    :-)



    Cheers... Dallas

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    * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)
  • From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to Dallas Hinton on Wed Aug 21 10:25:56 2019
    Hi, Dallas Hinton!
    I read your message from 20.08.2019 16:15

    I before E is the rule.
    Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit
    beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters.
    Weird.
    :-)

    Don't scare away English learners! ;-)

    Bye, Dallas!
    Alexander Koryagin
    english_tutor 2019

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    * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)
  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Dallas Hinton on Wed Aug 21 23:31:54 2019
    Dallas Hinton:

    I before E is the rule.

    Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight
    counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated
    weightlifters.

    Fie! This rule is neither friend not fiend to the learner.

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    * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)
  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/7715 to Anton Shepelev on Wed Aug 21 20:51:03 2019
    Hi Anton -- on Aug 21 2019 at 23:31, you wrote:


    Fie! This rule is neither friend not fiend to the learner.

    Nice!! You get a gold star! :-)

    Cheers... Dallas

    --- timEd/NT 1.30+
    * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)
  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/7715 to Alexander Koryagin on Wed Aug 21 20:51:21 2019
    Hi Alexander -- on Aug 21 2019 at 10:25, you wrote:

    Don't scare away English learners! ;-)

    I suspect the really interested learners will want to ask "why?"!


    Cheers... Dallas

    --- timEd/NT 1.30+
    * Origin: The BandMaster, Vancouver, CANADA (1:153/7715)
  • From Ardith Hinton@1:153/716 to Anton Shepelev on Tue Aug 27 20:01:06 2019
    Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to Dallas Hinton:

    I before E is the rule.
    Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives
    eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated
    weightlifters.

    Fie! This rule is neither friend not fiend to the learner.


    Exactly. Native speakers often make jokes about how "illogical" the spelling is in English... but a lot depends on one's preferred learning style.

    For those who want rules I'd point out that there's more to this one than they may consciously recall. It's not so hard if you enjoy learning what makes people tick & realize +/- half of our language was borrowed from various parts of northern Europe & Scandinavia. Dallas & I grew up with words such as "gesundheit" & "Fahrenheit", which may have given us a head start. Anyone can make a point of using a dictionary which includes the etymology, though. :-))




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    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)