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Mitochondria is the power house of the cell (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 months ago (9 children)

'i' before 'e' except after 'c'

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Or when sounding like “A” as in neighbor and weigh

And on weekends and holidays, and all throughout May

And you always be wrong, no matter what you say.

[–] kerobaros@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

yes, Bryan, we all call that "desk"

[–] cocobean@bookwormstory.social 2 points 3 months ago

I bought 2 boxen of doughnuts

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