English Spellings are Dumb

[eggwards]

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

Comments

[slacker-x.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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

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

[andrewhime.livejournal.com]

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

I before e, except after c.

[gmjambear]

Which makes the spelling of weird rather weird.

Re: I before e, except after c.

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

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

[scotbear.livejournal.com]

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

[eggwards.livejournal.com]

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.

[jerrycakes.livejournal.com]

Because putting an 'e' in the right place would be too easy, that's why.

Of course, they could just drop the 't' as well and call it a 'Winry Mix', but that's a Fullmetal Alchemist reference that I just came up with. *laughs*