On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Mark A Mandel wrote: >On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Casey Rousseau wrote: > >#Peirs Anthony > Piers > >#Tolkein > Tolkien > >"I before E except after C, > Or when pronounced 'ay', as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'." Heinlein. Peirce. Sleight. Seize. Deice. Weir. Deil. Deity. Deis. Their. Heir. OK, "deice" is MONDO cheating, but nevertheless. Not that you're wrong about Tolkien, but that rule is not sufficiently absolute to be useful, especially when spelling people's names. [ now, watch Mario^H^H^H^H^H Dr. Whom cut me down to size. ]