I Before E - Ask the Editor - Merriam-Webster

[Firestar493]

One person just can't understand this rule. Just one.

[Firestar493]

The science of this forfeit is weird.

[harryfromwork]

She is even cuter with the glasses!

[EmelRaines]

I LOVE you!

Every blasted time I would ask "ie" or "ei" they'd try and quote that damn rule at me, and 9 times out of ten, they were WRONG! Drives me CRAZY!

[kungfuwookie]

@mpikoz1 Because she's smart and hot.

[WellHiFoLLLks]

When people start working at Merriam-Webster, do they want to first track the dirty words like most of us did when we saw our first dictionary? :)

[gentleuterus]

You need to get a boob job to compete with that dumb Hot for Words bitch.

[jsharp1701]

@gentleuterus Nope. Kory and Emily pwn.

[gentleuterus]

@jsharp1701 I agree, they pwn. But they're not getting as much views, which is a shame. If I had the cash I would pay for their procedures.

[KissAssGoodbye]

she enhanced my vocabulary

[sexcation]

@mpikoz1, crude. 

[rbbrfish]

She does have that "intellectual, yet nominally enthusiastic librarian-as-dominatrix thing" going for her, doesn't she?

[BifMcAwesome]

I would have said "When you don't know, to the dictionary you must go, because the exceptions are so numerous, that it defies mnemonic rhymingous."

[hiroshir]

what the hell?

[karatechick306]

Brian Regan:

I before E

except after C

or when sounded like a

as in neighbor, or weigh--

and on weekends and holidays

and all throughout May,

and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!

[Saikocity]

@karatechick306

OK , What..!?!? :)

[karatechick306]

@Saikocity

Brian Regan is a comedian who does a sketch on the I before E rule.

[Saikocity]

@karatechick306

Shhh...!! I was hoping the woman on the video would respond to my !&$*@() reply... : ) thanks anyway..... :)ahhaha

[Saikocity]

OMG......... on 1 side I wished you were my teacher in high school............. but on the other side.... I'd think if you were..... I would have probably done worse just because of your beauty.....

[selatik1]

OMG! She is such a CUTIE!! HOT for WORDS!!!!

[robertorolfo]

This girl is amazingly hot. The other female editor frequenty featured is hot as well. So where are these girls in real life?

[darthkahn45]

lol that was like a calm educated rant about the english language.

[Andrial222]

cool!

[Josephus3583]

this woman is so beautiful and hot.i just watch her video while post in the site i recently open.i like this type of woman so pretty.if she'l tel me il stab my heart with a knife il do it with pleasure ..hehe..

[eternalnate]

I think ask th editor needs her own youtube channel

[Nunavuter1]

'I' before 'E,'

except after 'C'

Or as sounded as 'A,'

as in neighbour and weigh

[Nunavuter1]

Or when it appears in comparatives and superlatives

Like fancier..and a shush to these rules the word glacier gives

Or when it is sounded as an 'E' as in seize

or as an 'I 'as in height (i.e., it can do as it please)

There are difficult exceptions to this grammatical fiat

Such as when it appears in a compound, albeit

[Nunavuter1]

'I' might line up after 'E' in a gerund like queueing

Or foreign-sourced words about what technicians are doing

From cuneiform to caffeine, the science is not to be feared

Wake up and smell the writing on the wall, English forfeits rules to the weird

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Had to split this reply up and post the components backward!

Thanks for the inspiration, Kory Stamper.

[JoeDeceiver]

What about in the sentence "Jim Nabors is way cool!"...?

[JoeDeceiver]

I'm one of few who is probably more attracted to her grammatical acumen. *drool*

[MaxvladZ]

I won't lie. I'm all for educating the public and using our language properly, but I'm far more interested in the beautiful woman on the screen. >.>

[idliketosay]

@MaxvladZ ....i second that. somehow, i just think she's a beauty.