> -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Brust [mailto:skzb at dreamcafe.com] > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 2:53 AM > To: Mark A Mandel; Julie Alipaz > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: RE: A question re: Beginning Fantasy for Youth > > > At 08:17 PM 11/28/2002 -0500, Mark A Mandel wrote: > > > >All together, now, class: > > I before E, > > except after C > > or when pronounced "ay", > > as in "neighbor" and "weigh". > > > >(Or any other time that it's followed by "gh", as in "height" > > and in some other words that you just have to call exceptions, > > like "seize".) > > And don't forget weird, which is weird. Or does it follow a rule that's non-obvious? Mark? :)