Ever notice how the word atheist breaks the rules of spelling and language?
2007-05-05 12:38:12 · 16 answers · asked by biblestudent07 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Im on a roll
2007-05-05 12:39:10 · update #1
Wow, you got us with that one.
2007-05-05 12:48:14 · answer #1 · answered by link955 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Just as there is no grammatical rule to capitalize god.
By the way, there are many atheists that don't have English as their native language. I'm Dutch, in my language 'atheist' makes perfect sense, according to any rule of spelling.
Except we pronounce it as atheist, not as atheist. No, no, in the Dutch way. Atheist.
Nope, you missed it again, you said atheist. It's atheist! Gosh. With a long "A" and an "e" as in men. Oh well.
2007-05-05 12:42:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
To be trustworthy that I before E rule is bunk, lots of exceptions to it that that is fairly not even nicely worth remembering. on the subject of the only uniform rule is that if a Q seems on the beginning up of a be conscious or in it, it will be preceded by potential of a U. Their, atheist, theist, neither. i could desire to flow on yet i think of you get the ingredient.
2016-10-14 21:21:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"theist" is a bisyllabic word, "atheist" is trisyllabic. Both come from the Greek "theos" meaning "god". The word is constructed by adding the suffix "ism/ist" to the stem "theos" producing "theist" - a believer in god/s. "Atheist" means "not a believer in gods".
The I before E rule does not apply to such bisyllabic or trisyllabic words.
2007-05-05 12:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, Atheists is not wrong.
I before E except after C, and when sounding like 'A', as in 'neighbor' and 'way', and on weekends and holidays, all through out 'May', and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
2007-05-05 12:54:08 · answer #5 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it doesn't. The "I before E" rule only applies when the two are combined to make one sound. Looks like your roll just became a crawl.
2007-05-05 12:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
You do realize that the word "atheist" is taken from the word "theist", right?
2007-05-05 12:49:40 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think deities and theists broke the rules first.
2007-05-05 12:54:29 · answer #8 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most fifth-graders could explain to you that it doesn't meet the conditions of words to which that rule applies. Its SUFFIX is -ist.
2007-05-05 12:54:18 · answer #9 · answered by gelfling 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Weird, isn't it?
PS: the ei in Atheists is not sounded like "A" as in Neighbor or Weigh, so it must be a "weird" word.
I before E, except after C or when sounded like A as in Neighbor or Weigh except for a few Weird words, like Atheist.
2007-05-05 12:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Ever notice the failing grades you received in school?
2007-05-05 12:41:59 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋