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Marengo - 06 May 2006 21:33 GMT

The word "protein" dosen't follow the standard spelling rule of thumb:

'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
Or when sounded like 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'.

What's up with that???

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Carmen - 07 May 2006 00:41 GMT

> The word "protein" dosen't follow the standard spelling rule of thumb:
>
> 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
> Or when sounded like 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'.
>
> What's up with that???

Weird, huh? ;-)

Carmen

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Marengo - 07 May 2006 05:07 GMT

|> The word "protein" dosen't follow the standard spelling rule of thumb:
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|Carmen

Yes, when I realized it I nearly had a seizure!

;-D

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Jo Anne Slaven - 07 May 2006 13:59 GMT

>The word "protein" dosen't follow the standard spelling rule of thumb:
>
>'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
>Or when sounded like 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'.

That's just wierd.

Jo Anne

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Opinicus - 07 May 2006 14:28 GMT

"Jo Anne Slaven" <joanne.slaven@sympatico.ca> wrote in message

>>The word "protein" dosen't follow the standard spelling rule of thumb:
>>'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
>>Or when sounded like 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'.

> That's just wierd.

(sic)

Well don't make a seine about it. They way they used to do on "Seinfeld", I
mean.

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Dick Yuknavech - 07 May 2006 19:01 GMT

>The word "protein" dosen't follow the standard spelling rule of thumb:
>
>'i' before 'e' except after 'c'
>Or when sounded like 'ay' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'.
>
>What's up with that???

Huh? You mean YOU don't pronounce it "PRO-tayne"?

Guess you're not from around these parts.

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Was I ever glad to see the Low-Fat craze go away!

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