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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

'i' before 'e' except after 'c'

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Or when sounding like β€œA” as in neighbor and weigh

And on weekends and holidays, and all throughout May

And you always be wrong, no matter what you say.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago

This is honestly one of my favorite ones, and legit runs through my head whenever I can't remember the spelling of a word

[–] kerobaros@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

yes, Bryan, we all call that "desk"

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Like in β€œscience”.