17 Jun
2009
17 Jun
'09
3:09 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Doug Jackson wrote:
There were, there just weren't enough vowels and one of the consonants
was the wrong one.
.. the morning haze still hadn't cleared completely when I stated the correction.
My wonderful, patient wife is an English teacher, and an easy way to rev
her up is to remind her that English is a living language, subject to
constant change, and that the only language that has truly static
spelling is Latin! Remember - "I before E, unless after C (and then
only sometimes)"
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