Things they don't tell you in school

[Baba]

"It's "i" before "e", except after "c", but also except for the word "weird"

 

[BahamaDada]

He, she, it, das S geht mit!

 

[la szum]

That's weird.

 

[la szum]

I have heard linguists mention that the English language is the most logically bereft and inconsistent
all the languages. Perfect for humans!!

There are rules, and exceptions to those rules, except when there isn't, or is.

 

[Baba]

I have heard linguists mention that the English language is the most logically bereft and inconsistent
all the languages. Perfect for humans!!

There are rules, and exceptions to those rules, except when there isn't, or is.

Oh, the English language is stupid, in Neolithic proportions, for sure.

 

[norminal]

"It's "i" before "e", except after "c", but also except for the word "weird"

Yeah. “Or when sounded as ‘ay’ as in ‘neighbor’ or ‘weigh’” definitely doesn’t apply to the word “weird.”

 

[TSJMajesty]

I have heard linguists mention that the English language is the most logically bereft and inconsistent
all the languages. Perfect for humans!!

There are rules, and exceptions to those rules, except when there isn't, or is.

 

[EOengineer]

Don’t pee on the electric fence.

 

[Piing]

Oh, the English language is stupid, in Neolithic proportions, for sure.

English is a barbarian language from brute Viking, Norman, and Germanic tribes. The cultured words and the scientific vocabulary was adopted from the more civilized Greek and Latin

It is funny, though