Comment on Be a hero
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours agoIt’s the best rule, there are only 923 exceptions to it in the scrabble word list.
Comment on Be a hero
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours agoIt’s the best rule, there are only 923 exceptions to it in the scrabble word list.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 16 hours ago
The original rule was “I before E, except after C, or when it rhymes with May, like neighbor or weigh.” My mom’s maiden name was an exception to this rule, so she always adds, “and my maiden name.”
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 15 hours ago
It cuts down to about 300 exceptions if in include the “unless it rhymes with neighbor or way” subclause. That subclause is also violated about 2 dozen times.