Non Sequitur

[Alex Martelli]

Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au> wrote:

> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> writes:
> 
> > """
> >     I before E
> >             Except after C
> >     Or when sounded as A
> >             As in Neighbor and Weigh
> > """
> 
> Yes, like the "A" sound in "weird" or "ceiling".

"ceiling" falls under the "except after C" exception.

"weird" is, of course, weird (as most of English)...


Alex