That is difficult here especially in the nether regions of the US
because many single vowels are pronounced as dipthongs. :-)
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Dec 16, 2005, at 1:08 AM, Jonas Otter wrote:
> I'm not sure if I'm talking through my hat here, but isn't the "I
> before E" rule about the spelling of words where the "ie" stands
> for an "ee" sound (as in "Eeek!")? In "weird", the E comes before
> the I because they represent a diphthong.
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