Anna1111 wrote:
It's not SO many exceptions.
In the example, These are exceptions:
foreign Keith counterfeit feisty caffeinated
These follow the rule:
neighbor receives eight beige sleighs weight
(and I wouldn't be at all surprised if some of the exceptions USED to follow the rule, but had their pronunciation change over time
)
There's an online chart with a HUGE number of "exceptions" - but most of them really aren't true exceptions- they're words that end in e and have a suffix starting with i, or they follow c or are pronounced as a - or are foreign words. After you get rid of those, the exceptions are pretty few : )
So, 5 don't follow the rule and 6 do. That's not "so many" exceptions? Bwahaaha. You funny girl.
I like the rule, tho'. I always have to say it when i'm spelling things like believe, retrieve and weight. (Yep, use that second part, too!)