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?
Julia
who will give the whole *rule* if someone asks for it
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