Did you see that the United Kingdom has issued some sort of edict that all spelling
will be simplified, and the first act in pursuit of that goal is to eliminate the
"I before E, except after C" rule. The rationale is that no one can remember it,
and certainly no one can remember the second half of the rule ("unless it says 'AY'
as in neighbor and weigh").
Carol Simpson
LMS retired
csimpson at carolsimpson dot com
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From: Sharon Hamer <shamer@MEDFIELD.MEC.EDU>
Reply-To: Sharon Hamer <shamer@MEDFIELD.MEC.EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:41:02 -0400
>Have you ever noticed how similar Dewey's simplified spelling is to
>texting language? I think he would think it was gr8t.
>
>Sharon Hamer
>Library Media Specialist
>Dale St. School
>Medfield, MA 02052-1617
>shamer@medfield.mec.edu
>508-242-8513
>
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