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The full rule is âI before E except after C unless it sounds like Aâ. This means that words like neighbour (with or without the U), sleigh and weight arenât exceptions. Non-English words like Rottweiler or keister do muddle things up further.
Once you include the âunless it sounds like Aâ part there are far fewer exceptions.
English is filled with words from other languages that did not have their spellings changed when they were included, and so do not follow the standard rules. âEnglishâ itself was the language of the Angles, a Germanic tribe that conquered most of Britain (to hear the closest thing to Ancient British, listen to Welsh) â what we speak now was greatly changed during the Norman Conquest and afterward as the naval power and exploration of England (and so the number of peoples and languages the English encountered) grew.
From Nash Bridges, Cheech Marin (wanting to borrow money for his latest scheme) to Nash to start:Hey, Nash-man! â NO! â Hey, I never even asked the question, so how do you know the answer? â Well, thatâs the beauty of it Bubba: even though I donât know the question, I know the answer, and the answer is NO!
All right, spelling and grammar sticklers*, come clean: Youâve always wanted to make a sausage from pork-butt and call it keister-wiener, just for the symmetry. Right?
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*of which I am one, insisting on not giving in to the âalrightâ devolution.
I before E except when your feisty foreign neighbor Keith leisurely receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from caffeinated atheist weightliftersâŠA pretty weird rule if you ask me.
LupisLight about 6 years ago
Iâve heard there are so many exceptions to the I before E rule, that they stopped actually teaching it as a rule.
MeanBob Premium Member about 6 years ago
More of a convention than a rule in any case.
Kind&Kinder about 6 years ago
Itâs good to be the omniscient cartoonist!
VictorJulison about 6 years ago
I read somewhere once that there are more exceptions to that rule than examples.
whahoppened about 6 years ago
Another âNot invented hereâ.
Ignatz Premium Member about 6 years ago
I before E except after C. Anything else is weird.
âKeisterâ is a really bad example, though, since itâs not actually English.
asrialfeeple about 6 years ago
He knows his kids.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member about 6 years ago
Mallett has made fun of that âruleâ many times before, like when Mrs. Olsen complained that that new kid Keith Stein didnât respect the rule.
Russell Sketchley Premium Member about 6 years ago
The full rule is âI before E except after C unless it sounds like Aâ. This means that words like neighbour (with or without the U), sleigh and weight arenât exceptions. Non-English words like Rottweiler or keister do muddle things up further.
Once you include the âunless it sounds like Aâ part there are far fewer exceptions.
sandpiper about 6 years ago
Frazzâs answer was going to be neutral, no matter the question
candomarty Premium Member about 6 years ago
I believe âkeisterâ is Yiddish, and so the rule would not apply.
garcoa about 6 years ago
And he is glad that was her question.
richkinn about 6 years ago
Beware the etymological psychopath.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 6 years ago
Well, somebody shouldâve mentioned this rule to whoever invented the alphabet.
Nick Danger about 6 years ago
English is filled with words from other languages that did not have their spellings changed when they were included, and so do not follow the standard rules. âEnglishâ itself was the language of the Angles, a Germanic tribe that conquered most of Britain (to hear the closest thing to Ancient British, listen to Welsh) â what we speak now was greatly changed during the Norman Conquest and afterward as the naval power and exploration of England (and so the number of peoples and languages the English encountered) grew.
Stephen Gilberg about 6 years ago
Iâm just glad Charles Schulz never drew the Keister Beagle.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member about 6 years ago
From Nash Bridges, Cheech Marin (wanting to borrow money for his latest scheme) to Nash to start:Hey, Nash-man! â NO! â Hey, I never even asked the question, so how do you know the answer? â Well, thatâs the beauty of it Bubba: even though I donât know the question, I know the answer, and the answer is NO!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 6 years ago
PostsFrazz17 hrs ·
All right, spelling and grammar sticklers*, come clean: Youâve always wanted to make a sausage from pork-butt and call it keister-wiener, just for the symmetry. Right?
_____________
*of which I am one, insisting on not giving in to the âalrightâ devolution.
oakie817 about 6 years ago
I before E except when your feisty foreign neighbor Keith leisurely receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from caffeinated atheist weightliftersâŠA pretty weird rule if you ask me.
rgcviper about 6 years ago
Or when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor âŠ.