Do you believe in God?

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If you're an atheist Miami, at least spell it right

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The "i before e" rule can be a little confusing for people who aren't sticklers for grammar, like myself. It's essentially the "when you want to say -ee-, it's i before e except after c" but there are exceptions to the rule. Also fits in with words that sound like "ay" like neighbor and weigh.

Oh, and I definitely believe in God. One of the few devout liberal Christians you'll come across, at least on Atlas.

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-ist is a noun suffix, therefore it has NOTHING to do with "i before e" rule.

This is your first post outside the 2004 board! And what a post...

yeah, rather profound, wasn't it?  I thought about explaining that if the e had been silent it could have been dropped...as in "true" + "ism" = "truism".

But, then I would ruin my native-houstonian-christian-fundamentalist-know-nothing image.  

damn, I completely forgot about noun suffixes.

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I love Tom Lehrer. Elements song, the Harvard fight song...

"Fight for dear old Harvard, fight fight fight!
Won't it be peachy if we win the game?!?"