Comments on: I Before E Except After Shut Up! http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/21/i-before-e-except-after-shut-up/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/21/i-before-e-except-after-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-684476 Jimmie Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:36:47 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9225#comment-684476 I vaguely remember something about "weird" from my childhood, but it wasn't part of what I was taught. Mantras are handy, though, aren't they? I vaguely remember something about "weird" from my childhood, but it wasn't part of what I was taught.

Mantras are handy, though, aren't they?

]]> By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/21/i-before-e-except-after-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-684475 EricH Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:24:32 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9225#comment-684475 The British version goes: "When the sound is <i>ee</i>, it's I before E, except after C." But the rhyme I remember includes some exceptions: "weird height and foreign leisure, neither seize nor forfeit, either." The British version goes:

"When the sound is ee,

it's I before E,

except after C."

But the rhyme I remember includes some exceptions:

"weird height and foreign leisure,

neither seize nor forfeit, either."

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