A Conservative Approach to Spelling

Is it always i before e except after c?  This error message from GoDaddy tries a conservative approach:

I before AND after e.
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Well, that particular developer left nothing to chance and put an e on either side of the i.

And nobody else looked at the error message.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 7:32 am by The Director and is filed under Typo, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “A Conservative Approach to Spelling”

  1. strazzerj Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 9:42 am

    GoDaddy, huh?

    “Let’s see, should we spend money on commercials or testing?”

  2. The Director Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    You know that any time that “testing” is on the other side of an “or,” the other thing wins, don’t you?

  3. strazzerj Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 9:10 am

    Unless it’s “Joe gets to enjoy his weekend” or “testing”…