A Wierd Complaint

The BBQ Pit
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Honestly, I’m not a pain in the ass about spelling in general. But an error that gets repeated over and over. And it’s such a common word. It’s WEIRD not WIERD. Look at this from Webster’s:

**weird (wîrd)
adj. weird·er, weird·est.

    1.Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural.
    2.Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.
    3.Archaic. Of or relating to fate or the Fates. **

We all know the I before E rule, but we also know there are exceptions. Weird, being, characteristically, a bit weird, breaks this rule.

Searching all fora for the last 5 days reveals 26 threads with the wrong spelling plus one with Weirddave misspelled.

For the love of peanut butter people, IT’S WEIRD!!!

::scanning OP for inevitable misspellings::

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Do you have any other sites?

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Man that sure is weird

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Forget “weird”, how do you spell “dave”?

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Again, I apologize.

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really wierd

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As unwieldly as the spelling rule ‘I before E except after C (and sometimes W)’ is to remember, you should yield to the pressure applied by certain spelling obsessed weirdos who like to throw the weight of Mirriam-Wiebster around the board. :slight_smile:

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I would bet I’m at fault for a good percentage of those mistakes.

Maybe I’ll swap to using “odd” instead.

(sorry, everyone…)

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I’m glad that’s what you were complaining about, because I clicked on the thread to begin with to tell you you misspelled ‘weird.’ Really.

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“I before E, except after C/
Or when sounded like A, as in Neighbor and Sleigh/
Or in certain other WEIRD words.”

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My 8th Grade English teacher told me it’s weird because “we” are weird.

As lame as that is, it’s how I remember, heh.

  • Tsugumo
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another one from “webster’s”
Main Entry: choosy
Variant(s): or choos·ey /'chü-zE/
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): choos·i·er; -est
Date: 1862
: fastidiously selective : PARTICULAR

(this entry was not modified in the least–even the ‘caps’ were already there)

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And you’re trying to say…?

Welcome to the SDMB, newmanitis.

Interesting username, too. Methinks you know my true identity. :wally