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Worst rule ever (lemmy.world)

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[-] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago

I before E except after C

And when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh

And on weekends and holidays and all throughout May

And you'll always be wrong no matter WHAT YOU SAY

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago

Heh, onlu rule in English: Memorize them all!

[-] a_pithy_name@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It isn't often I see Brian Regan bits in the wild. The same thing came to mind.

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