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Originally Posted by Flacolaco
I'm sure foreigners would be surprised to find out that their american neighbors have such heinous deficiencies in following this rule. Neither reign, nor eight follow this rule. It's not a very exact science.
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Eh, I guess "foreigners" and "neither" apply, and the first part of deficiencies.
But "their" has the 'a' sound, "neighbor" is the freaking example in the nursery rhyme, "heinous" has the 'a' sound, plural words never end in 'eis' (so anything with the ending 'cy' changes to 'cies'), and reign and eight both follow the rule too. In "science", the 'ie' isn't even a diphthong; it's two syllables.
Man, the offseason is boring.