Makes sense, tho, kids following that “i before e except after c” rule they’re taught in school. Haven’t got to learn “unless it sounds like A as in weigh or eight or freight.”
I like how she skirted the explanation with “I played with fire,” and he accepted it without any more details, and she didn’t volunteer any more. OPSEC and “need to know” and all that. Plus, he’s likely “played with fire,” as kids will do at that age, so he filled in the details with his own experiences. Personally, I got my pyro tendencies out while in BoyScouts, under supervision, lest the privilege be revoked.
I before E except after C, or when feisty old Keith lives in the sovereign state of Brunei and is heir to the reign of the sheik. He’s a foreign species in a society of nescient financiers. With sleight of hand, in a heinous heist at the hacienda of the Reich, Keith seized a freight of eight buddleias. His forfeit was to either guess the height of a gneiss statue of a deity or to whistle a leitmotiv; he deigned to do neither, feigning injury to be pardoned.
Keith deifies heifers and feeds them seitan when they are deficient in protein. This he does conscientiously, reining in the dose if he suspects a surfeit may induce seizure. In such a case he would inject codeine into their veins.
After noticing seiches on the lake, Keith was prescient enough to efficiently conduct a scientific seismic survey of the weir before fishing with his seine net.
In his leisure time Keith relaxes among teil trees, veiled in his beige eider-down peignoir while proficiently spinning a dreidel, sipping from a seidel of beer.
Heigh-ho, that’s sufficient weight to the tale of weird Keith’s conscience. Don’t even start me on his neighbour Deirdre, an expert on ancient glaciers!
I used to miss school at times where my only friends were there. Even when it meant I’d be harassed by other students and staff. Seeing my friends were worth it! So yeah, I get George, he outright said he missed the kids who were adopted out.
It’s an unfortunate situation because not every child will get a home even though they are good kids who deserve one. These are the kinds of situations I think of when I say being a child leaves you at the whims of adults.
Kinda weird that they both spell it “wierd” in their cartoon balloons.
Makes sense, tho, kids following that “i before e except after c” rule they’re taught in school. Haven’t got to learn “unless it sounds like A as in weigh or eight or freight.”
I like how she skirted the explanation with “I played with fire,” and he accepted it without any more details, and she didn’t volunteer any more. OPSEC and “need to know” and all that. Plus, he’s likely “played with fire,” as kids will do at that age, so he filled in the details with his own experiences. Personally, I got my pyro tendencies out while in BoyScouts, under supervision, lest the privilege be revoked.
Two comics ago, it was “stationary” vs. “stationery.”
Those are both words, they just mean something different. “Wierd” isn’t a word and doesn’t mean anything.
“Wierd” is either a typo for “weird” or for “wired”.
I before E except after C, or when feisty old Keith lives in the sovereign state of Brunei and is heir to the reign of the sheik. He’s a foreign species in a society of nescient financiers. With sleight of hand, in a heinous heist at the hacienda of the Reich, Keith seized a freight of eight buddleias. His forfeit was to either guess the height of a gneiss statue of a deity or to whistle a leitmotiv; he deigned to do neither, feigning injury to be pardoned.
Keith deifies heifers and feeds them seitan when they are deficient in protein. This he does conscientiously, reining in the dose if he suspects a surfeit may induce seizure. In such a case he would inject codeine into their veins.
After noticing seiches on the lake, Keith was prescient enough to efficiently conduct a scientific seismic survey of the weir before fishing with his seine net.
In his leisure time Keith relaxes among teil trees, veiled in his beige eider-down peignoir while proficiently spinning a dreidel, sipping from a seidel of beer.
Heigh-ho, that’s sufficient weight to the tale of weird Keith’s conscience. Don’t even start me on his neighbour Deirdre, an expert on ancient glaciers!
The end.
That was pretty good.
However, the rule is – i before e, except after c, OR WHEN SOUNDED AS A, AS IN NEIGHBOR OR WEIGH.
Many words in your story fell under that rule. Rein, reign, freight, heinous, feigning, deigned, seine, veiled.
Seems to me that they should have been left out of your tale.
Weren’t mine. I copied the first example story I could find.
Also, you are incorrect. The point of the story is that the rule has more exceptions than compliances. To wit:
Their our know rules.
English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to seduce Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than the other results.
truly, the best of friends
Every summer I couldn’t wait to go on break, but by the end I was tired of it and wanted to go back to school.
We’re ALL judging you, George.
Me too, its the last day of school so unless you have AWSOME clubs you’re weird
Some judge well, some judge poorly.
I like how Selkie answers the question in a way that is technically true but still leaves out the details that are supposed to be secret.
I used to miss school at times where my only friends were there. Even when it meant I’d be harassed by other students and staff. Seeing my friends were worth it! So yeah, I get George, he outright said he missed the kids who were adopted out.
It’s an unfortunate situation because not every child will get a home even though they are good kids who deserve one. These are the kinds of situations I think of when I say being a child leaves you at the whims of adults.