English is weird, in fact I have already broken the 'rule' I before e except after c in just 3 words... imagine how much more we can break in 6 minutes!
Inspired by the wonderful Matt Parker and his video ‘Why the longest English word is PAPAL and SPA is the pointiest’
• Why the longest Englis...
In true Matt Parker Fashion, here are my mistakes in the video:
- At 21 seconds I should have said "you can only have an 'ei' if you are after a c' I am pretty impressed with this mistake, I think I said the exact opposite of what I meant in every possible way
If you find any more mistakes please let me know!
🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 - I Before E, except... What does it really mean?
00:40 - So how useful is this rule anyway?
01:09 - The BIGGEST Words that break the rule!
02:47 - the s m a l l e s t words that break the rule.
03:33 - What is a 'Middle Word' and why I want one for Christmas
04:36 - How bad really is this rule?
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'Wrong' voice clip: freesound.org/people/troym1/s...
Here is the list of words I used if you would like to do something similar:
github.com/dwyl/english-words... or if you want to see what I did, here is the GitHub repository for the project: github.com/tobyrcod/i-before-...
Amazing Free Paper Transition Effects used in the video:
cinepacks.store/products/pape...
Where I found my Christmas Present the Lammergeier:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (no changes made)
Proof that 'cie' is an English word because I can't believe it either:
www.collinsdictionary.com/dic...