I before E except when it's not

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
> At 2:48 PM -0200 12/26/09, David A. Daniel wrote:
> >Some months ago we went through a thread or two about the (in)applicability
> >of the I Before E Rule. Here http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blog
> >MW has one of their "Ask the Editor" clips on the subject. I thought it was
> >cute and, in the Christmas spirit of sharing, am passing it on. And a jolly
> >Ho, Ho, Ho to all.
> >
> Can you give (some of) us pointers on how to find it?  When I clicked
> on the above link, I just found the dictionary entry (definition,
> etymology, etc.) for _blog_.

Direct link:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0003-ibeforee.htm

More "Ask the Editor" installments:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/asktheeditor.htm

(The videos also show up in the right column of the dictionary entries.)

--Ben Zimmer

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