# I before E, except after Me

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-before-e-except-after-me/389397>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-before-e-except-after-me/389397 "2007-01-25T12:42:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-before-e-except-after-me/389397/21 "2007-01-29T21:39:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
Heh. Here’s another:

A black man and a black woman have a black baby; his little nose is black, his toes are black; his cheeks are black and his chin is black. Everything about him is black. What colour are his teeth?  
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I want to say white, but you said everything about him is black.

My mom got me on one involving the yolk vs the white of an egg once. :smack:  
For the list:

financier

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-before-e-except-after-me/389397/22 "2007-01-29T22:36:50Z")

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[QUOTE=gigi]  
I want to say white, but you said everything about him is black.  
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Depending on how old he is, there may not be any teeth yet, either.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-before-e-except-after-me/389397/23 "2007-01-30T00:48:07Z")

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**Cervaise** got it. He’s a baby and like most babies, he doesn’t have any teeth yet.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-before-e-except-after-me/389397/24 "2007-01-30T14:54:12Z")

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:smack: Thanks, guys.

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