Word spellings that make no sence

Ok theres some rules we're taught in school about spelling certain words. Such as I before E except after C. The one word that always confused me was, if we have to follow that rule then why is the word spelled Their instead of Thier? I know some words are sounded with the long ee sound but still, school lied to us, we should boycot!! Anyways... Are there any other words that make no sence in their spelling? Enlighten everyone with this bit of information by posting here.

English is a really, really, REALLY weird language in almost always I can think of. Think "woman" and "women". I know that's not a spelling thing, but it's still weird.

The rule is I before E except after C or when it says "AY" in or in the list of exceptions. And the pronunciation is actually 'thayr'. So it does make sense. I do think that having a list of "exceptions" is strange though. I also find it strange that they have to have uncommon phonograms as well, like pn, eu, ect.

who knows.. spelling always came easy to me cause ive played many games to actually know what the majority of the words out there are.. its just weird that they have all these ways and rules

English can be a weird and confusing language at times. The rules don't help much, because it takes years of study and dedication to learn and master all of them. Some people are far too strict about grammar rules, in my opinion.

Kaloes wrote:

Word spellings that make no sence

Hmmm, shouldn't it be "sense" instead of "sence"? Just wondering, as it didn't quite make sense. Happens to me all the time.

yea.. sometimes its just lazyness on my part

Surprised that no one commented on how British/Canadian spellings also make it more awkard. Armor/armour, color/colour, recognize/recognise. Small differences, I know, but it's funny that I use British spellings here and there.

Theater/theatre. Never got what they did that for.

Kaloes wrote:

yea.. sometimes its just lazyness on my part

I thought it was intentional It made sense 'cause of the topic, because the spelling of 'sence' didn't make sense!

To comment on the English/American thing, I thought Americans spelled theatre with the -re at the end instead of -er, (well apparently not 'cause the automatic spellcheck just underlined it...) Oh well!