I before E except when it's not

[Wilson Gray]

I before E, except C or when sounded as [ei] in "neighbor" and "weigh."

Learned in this form ca.1948, but I already knew the simpler form from ca.1945.

-Wilson


On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 5:59 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
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> Thanks. Apparently the one I picked up on/sent was a random offer. But now
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> DAD
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