Tuesday Puzzle -- Covering for Dan

Re: Tuesday Puzzle -- Covering for Dan

The Brits recently ruled that this was bad advice.

:-)

I wasn't aware of that, but for my own personal reason am glad to hear it!

Mystery letters

It is my belief it is in reference to:

ibeeacowslaainaw

Old McDonald had a farm, but he couldn't spell?

Does it have to do with

the neighbors weight and height? The veil of secrecy survives.

Answer

Congratulations to Larry, Jim, Steve, and Gary.

The letter sequence was sent by someone who I had corrected on the spelling of my name, reminding me of the rule "i before e, except after c (and in other cases one of you alluded to)", a rule one of my ancestors apparently never learned.

Re: Answer

The rule as I encountered it reads thusly:

"i before e, except after c, or when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh, or if it's just weird"

Apparently, the word "yeild" (and its derivatives) are included in the "weird" part.

Fred

Re: Answer

No, the rule would never be yielding a spelling such as "Yeilding". Only a proper name exception allows it! :-(

Re: Answer *LINK*

Here is a link to a Washington Post article on this subject.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/20/AR2009062001291.html?sub=AR

LOL- I cannot tell a lie...

I had absolutely no idea what the answer was, and admittedly, I am still fuzzy. The fact that my answer actually appeared to be correct is nothing more than dumb luck...

Steve

Maybe some spaces will help

ieieceiiecei

ie ie cei ie cei

i before e except after c