When you see people write Diety..

[topresch]

..do you think of:

a) like a selection of foods to control intake for various reasons,

or

b) like a legislative body of various historical European states?

It may be my interest in history triggering, but I always instinctively think of b).

 

[awesome]

A powerful being made entirely out of low calorie foods

 

[Janskey]

I just think some people might have trouble spelling "difficult" words. In this specific case it's easier if you know some Latin.

Atilla, Ghandi, Chicken Itza etc. Spelled wrong, yes, but usually you get the point.

 

[Kouvb593kdnuewnd]

Same thing as deity, its pretty easy to misspell that word but still its very easy to se that the person mean the same

 

[Forkandles]

'i before e, except after c'

Diety!

 

[Humantorch]

Diebeeytus

 

[Ryika]

I usually think something like: "Oh... ja. Den Fehler habe ich am Anfang auch oft gemacht."

 

[topresch]

'i before e, except after c'

Diety!

Not correct --> Glacier, caffeine. Could I have four candles please? I REALIZE that they don't know how to spell it correctly, but thought the adjectivisation (is that a word?) would be amusing. And I actually do think of Diets, i.e. legislative assemblies.

 

[LoneRebel]

Having to do with the current legislative body of Japan.

 

[shaglio]

'i before e, except after c'

Diety!

Every time my wife tells me that, I say, "that's weird!"

 

[Uzael36]

I thought the same.

'i' before 'e', except after 'c'. A lot of good that did me.

 

[BustaSlaya]

Praise the lord that I have spell check, or I'd be making the same mistake, too.

 

[MacAttack]

Mount Olympus gone Vegan

 

[teqofc]

There's a few words I misspell all the time and unfortunately deity is one of them. I probably misspell it about 95% in my posts as diety. I really don't know why I have this problem.

 

[bhavv]

Who ever even came up with that ridiculous 'I before E except after C' rule?

It applies to far fewer words than those that break the rule.

 

[salocin097]

Mount Olympus gone Vegan

Best one so far

 

[beetle]

Praise the lord that I have spell check, or I'd be making the same mistake, too.

Me too, but I don’t credit a deity. People remember the rule because it rhymes.

It applies to far fewer words than those that break the rule.

Somebody tried to tell me that the rule is only for the long I (eye) sound. But it is not taught that way, and no one remembers that little caveat. Are there any English words word with “cie” where it’s a long I? (No, ceiling does not count, because it’s an “ee” sound there.)

 

[shaglio]

Me too, but I don’t credit a deity. People remember the rule because it rhymes.



Somebody tried to tell me that the rule is only for the long I (eye) sound. But it is not taught that way, and no one remembers that little caveat. Are there any English words word with “cie” where it’s a long I? (No, ceiling does not count, because it’s an “ee” sound there.)

I was always taught "I before E except after C, except when pronounced A as in neighbor and weigh." That still doesn't explain "weird" though.

 

[salocin097]

Weird is weird. Duh

 

[beetle]

except when pronounced A as in neighbor and weigh

Thanks for that extra bit. Does not help with deity either!