Okay so I have always spelled "weird" with the "e" before "i" and my friend at work just laughed at me and said you can't spell. Now I know the saying "i" before "e" except after "c" but even in school I spelt it that way and never got any beef about it. Why now am I being corrected and why do soooo many spell it the way I do and not the other way. I mean even trying to google it you see it both ways. Well I am stumped and want to know the TRUE way to spell it. I think it looks "weird" spelling it with the "i" before the "e"...lol HELP!
2007-08-31 15:41:54 · 10 answers · asked by Victoria M 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
First, you have it right and the friend is dead wrong.
Second, "spelt" is perfectly fine.
Third, any time you have to wonder and have no authoritative resource at hand (like a dictionary), try considering how the letters would be pronounced each way and how each spelling would sound after some running together of the paired vowels. (This, by the way, is how dipthongs come to exist.) For instance, "weird" would sound something like "wee-eared" and slurred a wee bit would sound a lot like how "weird" is pronounced. Spelling it the friend's way would go something like "why-erd" or a lot like we pronounce "wired." Out of those two, I think you'd see the first realllllly suggests itself as the proper way to spell "weird."
Of course, that doesn't always work, but it does give a clear answer most of the time. Definitely this time. Your friend went out on a limb and if you take a dictionary to work and convince her she's dead wrong, she'll be like a cartoon character who now looks down and realizes there was never a limb and nothing is holding her up...
2007-08-31 16:01:13 · answer #1 · answered by roynburton 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 08:46:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's spelled w-e-i-r-d. You're friend's wrong. I always just remember that "weird" is spelled in a weird way.
2007-08-31 16:24:25 · answer #3 · answered by annairb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop hanging out with people who do not know how to spell! LOL
Let's face it, the childhood rhyme is dumb. There are just too many exceptions. It does not work.
2007-08-31 15:49:17 · answer #4 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WEIRD. It's one of those weird words that's an exception to the 'i before e' rule.
2007-08-31 16:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You spell it right. Tell your co-worker to buy a dictionary. lol just kidding. But yeah, you're right.
2007-08-31 15:51:24 · answer #6 · answered by Dylan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'i' before 'e' except after 'c' or when sounded like 'a'... as in neighbor and way... tell your friend to check the dictionary before they next laugh at you
The word I think you misused is 'spelt' .... it's 'spelled'.
2007-08-31 15:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by such a princess 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You are correct. The proper spelling is "weird", not "wierd".
2007-08-31 15:48:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
its ei. the word "weird" is weird because it breaks the i before e rule.
2007-08-31 15:47:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
stupid english, all these exceptions!
weird.
2007-08-31 15:49:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋