Further notes on the I before E rule

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Mark D. Mills wrote:

Rule-   "i" before "e," except after "c" or when sounded as "a" in
neighbor and weigh
That hits more than 90% I figure...

but this takes the cake:

http://www.avko.org/Mastering_I_before_E.htm


Also for the fun of it:

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Portal/2258/Other_Jokes/6IbeforeE.html


BTW if you search you notice that the joke poem comes up all over the
place. The joke-per-day
folks are even more incestuous than the 'blogers are accused of being.
=)

This sure is a fun topic on the web, there are many goofballs weighing
in with their
opinions.  Thanks for the fun, sorry I dumped it all back on you!

Mark M.


Wednesday, November 10th, 1999 danlyke@flutterby.com