HAD SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS IN ENGLAND;
  a link :    http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/bysr.htm

Why letter Q always followed by U?

I presume he answers that question in that site.

          http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/bysr.htm

If I get some time, I’ll try and find it.  I myself have always wondered about it.  Here in the States they call the Australian airline Qantas : Kwantas, as if there was a U after the Q.  Beats me.

but sometimes e first before i, right? receive

The rule (with exceptions) is:
  ‘I before E, except AFTER ‘c’,  -hence, deceive, receive, conceive, etc.
  or sounding like A in Neighbor or Weigh. (long A)
But there are so many crazy exceptions that in England they are trying to get teachers to never teach it again.  Exceptions: their, veil, etc.

My mom home schooled me and we used to fight about this all the time. It was so darn confusing!

Welcome to the agora, hope you enjoy your stay. Post often.
This I before E thing is quite the debate in England.

“Facetious” contains all the vowels in the correct order.

That was a discussion a number of months back.  Search “facetious” and you’ll find a bunch more like it.

“Facetious” contains all the vowels in the correct order.

“i” before “e” except after “t” ?

or perhaps when surrounding “T”.

LukeJavan8 - 10 July 2009 08:36 AM

That was a discussion a number of months back.  Search “facetious” and you’ll find a bunch more like it.

FACETIOUS should be taken seriously.

she said facetiously.

LukeJavan8 - 10 August 2009 09:05 AM

she said facetiously.

This is more of a Tongue twister to me.
I wonder if Qantas/Kwantas an English word.
Prior to my query Q before U

They pronounce it with a KW sound here.  I don’t know why.  Should ask Doug he’s an aussie.

I wonder if Qantas/Kwantas an English word.