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Weird / Wierd

  • 17-07-2006 07:40PM
    #1
    von Bismarck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭


    I saw this Scrabble dictionary that accepts both spellings of the word...how weird/wierd (sorry!)

    Just wondering if both are correct of if there is just one correct one.


Comments

  • #2
    YeAh!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭YeAh!


    i before e except after c


  • #3
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    YeAh! wrote:
    i before e except after c
    ...and apart from when it is totally wrong...


  • #4
    von Bismarck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭von Bismarck


    ....however I do think the spelling "weird" looks more correct.


  • #5
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Not only "looks"... is!!!!

    Any plonker who spells "weird" as "wierd should get a toe up the whole


  • #6
    Laguna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Laguna


    FlutterinBantam wrote:
    Not only "looks"... is!!!!

    Any plonker who spells "weird" as "wierd should get a toe up the whole

    And get a toothpick in the japs-eye... it's "Weird"..


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  • #7
    von Bismarck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭von Bismarck


    Well, I just don't argue with a dictionary ... you just can't win!


  • #8
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    pff wyrd for the win!


  • #9
    honru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭honru


    That "i before e" thing has got a whole generation of folks spelling weird incorrectly.

    Hopefully they've banned it from the curricullum.


  • #10
    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    I think the new version is "i before e, except in budweiser".


  • #11
    Steoob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭Steoob


    YeAh! wrote:
    i before e except after c
    that rule sickens me.. its completely wrong in so many scenarios


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  • #12
    Easca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭Easca


    "i before e except after c" is only a rule of thumb so obviously it's not right in every case. I'd go with wyrd ftw just to be safe.


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