--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Han Tacoma wrote:
> >
> > Debbi explains the origins of fish on
> > (Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT))
> > [..gone snip crazy...]
> > > I don't remember all the words it comes from, but IIRC
> > > "ghoti" is an alternative spelling for the sound
> > > "fish" [enou_gh_, ??, pa_ti_ence]... ;)
> >
> > ?? would be as in the plural of woman = w_o_men
> >
> > > English is such a fun language!
> >
> > ...and there's more exceptions than there are rules :-)
>
> Well, if every rule has 2 exceptions, then of *course* that's the case.
> :)
>
> The ie/ei rule is complicated, and has 8 exceptions that have been
> brought to my attention, but I can never remember more than 7 of them:
>
> either
> foreign
> forfeit
> leisure
> neither
> seize
> weird
>
> There's at least 1 more. Anyone?
>
Stein
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