Comments | eggwards: English Spellings are Dumb

eggwards

English Spellings are Dumb

Nov 30, 2006 13:29

Why is there no "e" in "Wintry Mix"?

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Comments 6

slacker_x November 30 2006, 19:55:14 UTC

I think if you put some "e" in a Wintry Mix it might sound like a fun cocktail to have at a circuit party...

eggwards December 2 2006, 19:27:39 UTC

I guess there's no "meth" in Wintry Mix either.

I guess that drink would be an easy sell at a cirut party.

andrewhime November 30 2006, 19:55:53 UTC

Last night, I bingoed out (and still lost by 13) with RUMOURS. :)

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Re: I before e, except after c. eggwards December 2 2006, 19:31:28 UTC

That's very true. Perhaps it has something to do with your neighbors.

scotbear November 30 2006, 22:43:20 UTC

Because spelling and grammar have no place in advertising. Like TOYS R US and DUNKIN DONUT. It wouldn't be clever.

eggwards December 2 2006, 19:33:57 UTC

Well, I don't think it has anything to do with advertising, but yeah. It's all about the problem with being able to copyright a standard english word, so you get things like Kleenex.