[Techtalk] Ubuntu menu falling apart

[Anne Wainwright]

Hello, Little Girl,

see below


On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:38:58 -0400
Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey there,
> 
> Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > > On Thursday 02 September 2010 07:00:41 am Little Girl wrote:
> 
> > >>> Wierd. (gee, that looks wierd, is is really spelt like that?).
> 
> > >> Nope! This is one of the words that makes me wonder why they
> > >> pounded "I before E except after C" into us as children. (:
>  
> > "... when the sound is 'EE'" only, as in Cheese, Ceiling, Piece,
> > but not Eight or Weird or Heir.
> 
> You don't pronounce it "weerd" as in cheese or ceiling or piece?
>  
No, not in SA at least. We pronounce it wee - erd (erd to rhyme with
nerd)

Anne

> > As English is a bastard mix of just about every language on the
> > planet, I think we should be grateful that it has any rules at all.
> 
> True, although it might be better if we'd just officially admit
> that it's a complete free-for-all. (:
>