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i before e, i can't resist

updated fri 6 apr 01

 

Lana Reeves on wed 4 apr 01


I've waited and waited, but no one has mentioned the full rhyme:
"i before e except after c
or when sounded like a
as in neighbor or weigh"

and then there's the sentence made of the exceptions:
"the weird foreigner seizes neither leisure nor [something] at their =
height"

Lana in Somerville, MA
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