Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

He did. There is one direct account and two where it might be inferred.

Thanks for the references, Uncwilly! So maybe not 'cake' in any modern confectionary sense, but arguably 'cakelike foods'.

Can't resist - getting back to the first birthday in the manger:

Brian's Mum: Wot's 'myrrh', then?

Magus: It is a balm.

Brian's Mum: A bomb? Well, what're bringin' it in 'ere for?

[rogue]

The ‘i before e, except after c’ rule is a giant lie

Of course most of us already knew that. If I drank coffee, this would be a nice cup to have.

[kladner]

$1 B for 157 mountaintop acres. 360 degree views from Malibu to the San Gabriel Mountains. Look down on Warren Beatty and Sylvester Stallone.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-beverly-hills

[science_man_88]

Originally Posted by kladner

$1 B for 157 mountaintop acres.

only $146.23 per square foot...

[kladner]

Originally Posted by science_man_88

only $146.23 per square foot...

LOL!

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by science_man_88

only $146.23 per square foot...

Interestingly, cost per square foot is often used in purchasing land, as well as building a building in many parts of the world.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard "you can't build that for less than US$ 500 a square foot" I'd be rich!

[chalsall]

Originally Posted by rogue

The ‘i before e, except after c’ rule is a giant lie

Yeah. It's kinda weird...

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by rogue

The ‘i before e, except after c’ rule is a giant lie

Of course most of us already knew that. If I drank coffee, this would be a nice cup to have.

From an email today:

Originally Posted by J. Woods

At his leisure sipping a protein shake, the deceitful, atheist Sheik raised the beige veil of his daughter, feigning interest, as the incoming freight piled to the ceiling.

[xilman]

The version I was taught has i before e except after c when the sound is ee.

Sheila: seize weird Keith is a grammatically correct sentence formed entirely from exceptions.

[wblipp]

Originally Posted by xilman

The version I was taught has i before e except after c when the sound is ee.

The version I was taught is i before e except after c and when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh,

[retina]

Originally Posted by rogue

The ‘i before e, except after c’ rule is a giant lie

Of course most of us already knew that. If I drank coffee, this would be a nice cup to have.

Originally Posted by xilman

The version I was taught has i before e except after c when the sound is ee.

Sheila: seize weird Keith is a grammatically correct sentence formed entirely from exceptions.

Originally Posted by wblipp

The version I was taught is i before e except after c and when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh,

I don't understand the problem. Just learn each spelling as a separate entity. No need for "rules", especially when they are not rules at all. Rulz r 4 weard peepull that knot no how 2 spel.