David Silberstein wrote: > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Mark A Mandel 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. Does anyone besides me remember the B.C. cartoon from the early 80's that was the definitive "i before e" joke? In which the above rhyme was presented, followed by the Cute Chick enumerating the exceptions. :-) -- Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/