#49363
12/04/2001 1:47 PM
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Looking for exceptions to that rule:
their
weird
Raleigh
heir
weir
...What are some others?
Thanks,
WordWishing
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#49364
12/04/2001 4:36 PM
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...c or when sounded like a as in neighbor or weigh; thus Raleigh, their, heir are not really exceptions, but actually "Exceptions".
caffeine, codeine, eider, either, feisty, heifer, height,
heist, leisure, neither, protein, seismic, seize, stein...
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#49365
12/04/2001 5:34 PM
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"Neither finincier seized either species of weird leisure."
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#49366
12/04/2001 9:43 PM
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WW - If you ask WOW and me the first one on your list is *debatable... 
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#49367
12/05/2001 12:54 AM
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Musick: The first is "their"...what's the debate?
And tsuwm: To throw a monkey wrench into the computer is monkey wrench one word or two...forever seeking the Scrabble builders, Raleigh in North Carolina is pronounced: RAH-lee. [raspberry]
WW
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#49368
12/05/2001 7:16 PM
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Do a search on all forums over the last year and you'll see that thier are a number of examples which may *warrant thier being a permenant alteration of all of thier spellings (Oh, I'm in *trouble now)... not that thier is anything wrong with the *original version.[end disclaimer]
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#49369
12/06/2001 12:57 AM
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(Oh, I'm in *trouble now)Uh huh. Now, you know we've had a little talk about this... 
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#49370
12/06/2001 2:28 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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My usual example to disprove the 'I before e' dictum is, "Neither of their weirs were eight feet in height."
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#49371
12/06/2001 3:20 PM
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todays wwftd is... velleity 
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#49372
12/06/2001 10:04 PM
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tsuwm: I noticed that! It's on the Byrne site, too, and with an accurate definition.
One-horse open sleigh
Eight reindeer...
However, sleight is pronounced differently from the three above, isn't it?
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#49373
12/06/2001 10:05 PM
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Keiva is a good, local example. A couple of y'all like to apply the general rule and call him Kieva.
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#49374
12/06/2001 10:07 PM
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Is there a message board on this Byrne site?
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#49375
12/07/2001 4:06 AM
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thier being a permenant alteration of all of thier spellings (Oh, I'm in *trouble now)Careful musick!...or you might loose your reputation! you brought it up, I didn't
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