Frazz by Jef Mallett for November 17, 2006
November 16, 2006
November 18, 2006
Transcript:
"I before E, except after C!" "Why?" "That's just how it is." "That seems so arbitrary." "Well, it's always that way." "Always?" "There has to be a way to prove dorky 'rules' wrong." "Science usually works." Inside Tri
NJ Lyon about 12 years ago
Genius.
AleksandrK over 11 years ago
Weird science is twice as effective!
No New Wars over 10 years ago
And the next line is… I before E except after C, Before silent GH or before silent G.(sleight, sovereign)
KZ71 over 10 years ago
Oh… it took me five tries to get it. Brilliant!
Blackthorne42 almost 10 years ago
I saw an episode of QI where that rule has been all but dissolved, because there are more exceptions to the rule than the rule allows.
jmwking over 8 years ago
Weird…
Aulabat almost 4 years ago
especially when your foreign neighbor keith receives eight counterfeight beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters
unfair.de 11 months ago
Language is different from mathematics, where one counter example dismisses a rule for eternity.
„Science“ might be an exception but linguists on primary school level ignore it – along with all the others.