Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready?

From	Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready?
Date	2014-03-22 15:07 +0000
Organization	Piglet's Pickles & Preserves
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On 2014-03-22, Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:
>> Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
>>> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
>>>>  Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>
>>>wierd/weird is a good one, because the proper spelling breaks the "i after
>>>e except before c" rule, quite appropriately for the meaning of the word.
>>
>> Ahem.
>>
>> "I before E except after C, or when sounding like "ay" as in neighbor
>> or weigh."
>>
>> Which of course still doesn't help with "weird" (or "height", or
>> "heifer" or "ancient" or a dozen other words) but people always seem
>> to forget the second half of the rhyme.
>>
>> English is just strange.
>
> For a pretty good account of how English orthography ended up this way:
>   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spell-It-Out-Singular-Spelling/dp/1846685672

I can strongly recommend World Wide Words if you're interested in this
sort of thing;

http://www.worldwidewords.org/


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Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015.  Ready? RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-17 12:39 +0000
  Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015.  Ready? Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-17 15:54 +0000
    Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015.  Ready? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 16:10 +0000
    Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015.  Ready? "Julio Di Egidio" <julio@diegidio.name> - 2014-03-17 21:47 +0000
      Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015.  Ready? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-18 09:10 +0000
        Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015.  Ready? "Julio Di Egidio" <julio@diegidio.name> - 2014-03-18 11:55 +0000
  Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-17 22:23 +0000
    Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-03-18 09:34 -0700
      Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-18 17:48 +0000
        Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-18 18:28 +0000
          Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-18 19:27 +0000
            Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-18 22:03 +0000
              Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-18 22:26 +0000
                Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 14:12 +0100
                Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-03-19 12:18 -0500
                Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? "John" <j@j.j> - 2014-03-19 13:26 -0700
        Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 01:46 +0100
        Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 12:39 +0000
          Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-21 13:27 +0000
            Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-21 16:12 +0100
              Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 15:32 +0000
          Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-21 16:07 +0100
            Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-21 15:18 +0000
              Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-21 23:26 +0000
            Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-21 18:15 +0000
            Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 09:51 -0400
              Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-03-22 13:54 +0000
                Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-22 15:07 +0000
      Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-18 19:14 +0000
    Re: Root DNS ceded to ICANN in 2015. Ready? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-19 08:08 +0000

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