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Folcon 5 hours ago

Is the word list complete?

I tried WEIRD and it rejected it as not a word

zabzonk 5 hours ago | parent [-]

that "i before e except after c" rule often gets taken too seriously

bigfishrunning 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

i think it's kind of beautiful that weird is a weird word

hnlmorg 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Isn’t there more exceptions to that rule than there are examples where it’s correct?

xigoi 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Only if you forget the final part, “…when it sounds like ‘ee’”.

MarkusQ 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yep, at least on most static word lists.

It's a fun exercise to try and improve the rule by extending it compared to just switching to "E before I".

LuminousWzrd 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh I've messed that one up before