On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>> Permit me a digression for a pet peeve...
>>
>> "Weird" is spelled "weird". Not "wierd".
>>
>> Yes, I know the nursery rhyme as well as you do --- i before e except
>> after c, etc etc. But weird is spelled weirdly. Appropriate, isn't it?
>
> It's also my pet peeve, but I long ago stopped bothering to correct people.
I think it's quite useful to correct, because many of us use english only
when reading mailing lists and documentation :)
Regards, Oleg
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