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Jim Koepke
10-20-2018, 1:36 PM
About I before E?

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jtk
Bert Kemp
10-20-2018, 2:51 PM
good one:)
Frederick Skelly
10-20-2018, 3:44 PM
Good example of why they claim English is so hard for foreign speakers to learn.

"I before E, except after C" failed miserably in Jim's example!
Jerome Stanek
10-20-2018, 5:00 PM
And to think one of the smartest men ever had it wrong twice Einstein
Bill Dufour
10-20-2018, 9:05 PM
My understanding is that English is the world's second hardest language to learn.
Bill D
Jim Koepke
10-21-2018, 12:26 AM
My understanding is that English is the world's second hardest language to learn.
Bill D

Okay, what is the world's first hardest language to learn?

jtk
Rick Moyer
10-21-2018, 8:49 AM
Do you have a receipt for that cup? :)
Jim Koepke
10-21-2018, 10:40 AM
Do you have a receipt for that cup? :)

It's not mein cup.

jtk
Kev Williams
10-21-2018, 3:13 PM
Good example of why they claim English is so hard for foreign speakers to learn.

"I before E, except after C" failed miserably in Jim's example!

There's likely sufficient scientific evidence by those proficient in the area of bioscience efficiency that shows a conscientious deficiency of foreigners to learn 'I before E' -- At least that's what the concierge told me while eating a juicier orange than me at the hacienda...

(that took awhile) ;)
Lee DeRaud
10-25-2018, 8:45 PM
Science disproved the "I before E except after C" thing centuries ago.
julian abram
10-25-2018, 9:56 PM
Back in the days before computers I paid a friend to type a college research paper on her IBM Selectric. Thankfully she not only typed the paper but corrected all my spelling mistakes. After returning the paper said she wasn't sure I would graduate college. I used the word "protein" about 200 times and misspelled it every time. All I could plead was the "i before e" rule, don't think I've ever misspelled protein since that day.:)