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takes_a_fairy

I'll be back...

Jun 04, 2009 14:00

Now that the blasted phone has stopped ringing I need to scoot out the door and get some badly needed vittles for my refridgerator. She keeps complaining that she has no interesting foods in her belly and I need to restock her pronto ( Read more... )

koffee klatsch

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jadesfire June 4 2009, 18:23:30 UTC

Fridges and cupboards are very demanding like that.

*g* Because it's spelled "weird" ;) According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it used to have a 'y' in the middle, which is how we got the 'i' there.

takes_a_fairy June 4 2009, 22:46:53 UTC

*shamefaced*
Ah, that explains it. See what I mean?! :o)

I missed that it's one of those rule breakers: "i" before "e" accept after C.
(Like your icon says, "Pesky words!") hee

blackmare June 4 2009, 18:34:00 UTC

The rule is: i before e, except after c, or when sounding like a, as in neighbor and weigh.

Excepting for weird, which is weird.

perspi June 4 2009, 18:39:31 UTC

That explains MY problems with it...

accept, except takes_a_fairy June 4 2009, 22:48:29 UTC

LOL! See there, Mare?!

I did it again in my comment above...should be except like you have, not accept. I'll be glad when rainy season is over but would prefer for this (cuss word) to just go away already and never come back.

when the fridge is happy... artfldarknbuzzd June 4 2009, 22:12:39 UTC

...everyone's happy.

Re: when the fridge is happy... takes_a_fairy June 4 2009, 22:49:55 UTC

Yes, indeed and she's running quietly again now. So, now we're both happy. hee

pwcorgigirl June 4 2009, 22:36:53 UTC

I can only remember how to spell "weird" by reminding myself "fish trap plus d." The admittedly screwy thinking behind that: a "weir" is a low dam, which impedes fish migration on streams. Weir+d = weird.

Your grocery list inspired me to make spaghetti tonight, with pork sausage and sweet red peppers. Yum!

takes_a_fairy June 4 2009, 22:53:56 UTC

I had no idea what a 'weir' was until just now, so that would never help me! When I am normal and not vertiginous my spelling and writing mechanics are excellent. I've been allowed to feel like a idgit for the last year and a half. hee

Re: spaghetti
I was going to make that but I had forgotten that I had two steaks thawed and in need of cooking. I think I will do it anyway and make them tomorrow, anyway, with sauteed onions and peppers. But tonight spaghetti!!