[color=red]Email Test[/color]

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Got it

[manbearspurge]

Email received. It went to my regular email.  Why is received spelled with the e in front of the i?

[Legend]

Email received. It went to my regular email.  Why is received spelled with the e in front of the i?

I before E, except after C.

[Xevross]

I before E, except after C.

That rule is bull, it has so many exceptions. They don't teach it any more in schools

[Dr. Pezus]

Like what?

[the-pi-guy]

ancient
weird
species
sleigh

*and many more*

[Dr. Pezus]

Good point. The spelling of english words often seems quite arbitrary to me.

[mustacheman]

Got mine. Was in spam folder as well.

[Raven]

Good point. The spelling of english words often seems quite arbitrary to me.

Yeah. There are some words that I can't even understand why they are spelled certain ways. Why isn't 'though' just simply spelled 'tho'? Seems to me like the last three letters are completely unnecessary. It would be one thing if there was another word spelled 'tho' that meant something different in the English language but there isn't as far as I know. We also pronounce words that are completely unlike their spelling sometimes. Like 'colonel' isn't spoken as "kollohnell" but "kurnull".

[Xevross]

Yeah. There are some words that I can't even understand why they are spelled certain ways. Why isn't 'though' just simply spelled 'tho'? Seems to me like the last three letters are completely unnecessary. It would be one thing if there was another word spelled 'tho' that meant something different in the English language but there isn't as far as I know. We also pronounce words that are completely unlike their spelling sometimes. Like 'colonel' isn't spoken as "kollohnell" but "kurnull".

It stems from how we used to speak. Our words were very posh and pronounced correctly but as time has gone on we've become more lazy.
Also, that i before e rule thing actually has more words that don't follow it than words that do.

[Dr. Pezus]

Yeah. There are some words that I can't even understand why they are spelled certain ways. Why isn't 'though' just simply spelled 'tho'? Seems to me like the last three letters are completely unnecessary. It would be one thing if there was another word spelled 'tho' that meant something different in the English language but there isn't as far as I know. We also pronounce words that are completely unlike their spelling sometimes. Like 'colonel' isn't spoken as "kollohnell" but "kurnull".

Haha yeah I was really surprised when I heard the word "colonel" spoken for the first time. Like, WTH! It's not even close.

[Xevross]

Haha yeah I was really surprised when I heard the word "colonel" spoken for the first time. Like, WTH! It's not even close.

Have you heard a British person say Lieutenant?

[Xevross]

Laughter and daughter is a funny example of weird English pronunciation as well. Its way too inconsistent

[Raven]

Have you heard a British person say Lieutenant?

Leftenant

[Xevross]

Leftenant

Indeed, I have great sympathy for those learning to speak English. It must be very confusing as there's no rules to learn that can cover the different pronunciations.