"...except in a zeitgeist of feisty counterfeit heifer protein freight
heists reining in weird deified beige beings and their veiny and eidetic
atheist foreign schlockmeister neighbors, either aweigh with feigned
absenteeism, seized by heightened heirloom forfeitures (albeit deigned
under a kaleidoscope ceiling weighted by seismic geisha keister sleighs)
or leisurely reimbursing sovereign receipt or surveillance of eight
veiled and neighing Rottweilers, herein referred to as their caffeinated
sheik's Weimaraner poltergeist wieners from the Pleiades."
Further discussion of this only-75%-accurate rule of thumb at the
Washington Post.
This is a quote from Einstein?
ReplyDeleteNein.
DeleteI found Waldo! Well, his wiener to be precise...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duqlZXiIZqA
ReplyDeleteThe "QI" clip: Stephen Fry gets frustrated with Lee Mack, who doesn't get it.
People always forget the most important part of the rule.... the full thing is "I before E, except after C, or when sounded as A as in Neighbor and Weigh"
ReplyDeleteNo it isn't. I've heard that it's taught that way in some American schools, but elsewhere the full version is: "When the sound is /ee/, write i before e except after c". And, in my experience, accompanied by a classroom discussion about exceptions.
DeleteOh I think that Lee gets it, he is just baiting Stephen, who completely falls for it.
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