On 2/24/04 8:12 PM, "Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> wrote: > My favorite on this is from Brian Regan: > > "I before e except after c > Or when sounding like 'a', > As in neighbor and weigh. > And on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, > And you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!" > > > I don't get it. > Basically that there are so many exceptions that you are doomed to get it wrong if you just follow the rules of the poem.