# A Wierd Complaint **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258 "2001-01-29T14:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/1 "2001-01-29T14:10:30Z")
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:: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/2 "2001-01-30T06:23:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Look at this from Webster’s: Do you have any other sites? ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/3 "2001-01-30T06:34:05Z")
Man that sure is weird ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/4 "2001-01-30T08:55:07Z")
Forget “weird”, how do you spell “dave”? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/5 "2001-01-30T10:58:59Z")
Again, I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/6 "2001-01-30T13:26:12Z")
really wierd ---
**Author:** ![dustMagnate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@dustMagnate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dustMagnate)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/7 "2001-01-30T13:39:55Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/8 "2001-01-30T18:01:27Z")
I would bet I’m at fault for a good percentage of those mistakes. Maybe I’ll swap to using “odd” instead. (sorry, everyone…) ---
**Author:** ![DavisMcDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@DavisMcDavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavisMcDavis)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/9 "2001-01-30T18:51:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/10 "2001-01-30T19:49:02Z")
“I before E, except after C/ Or when sounded like A, as in Neighbor and Sleigh/ Or in certain other WEIRD words.” ---
**Author:** ![Tsugumo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@Tsugumo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsugumo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/11 "2001-01-30T23:51:13Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![newmanitis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@newmanitis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newmanitis)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/12 "2001-01-31T04:02:27Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wierd-complaint/52258/13 "2001-01-31T04:38:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by newmanitis \* > \*\* 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) \*\* And you’re trying to say…? Welcome to the SDMB, newmanitis. Interesting username, too. Methinks you know my true identity. :wally