on 12/15/05 7:40 AM, Jez Cunningham at jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> *I before E ?* (borrowed from
> http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/i_before_e.9_5.html )
>
> It's a rule that is simple, concise and efficeint.
> For all speceis of spelling it's more than sufficeint.
> Against words wild and wierd, it's one law that shines bright
> Blazing out like a beacon upon a great hieght,
>
> It gives guidance impartial, sceintific and fair
> In this language, this tongue to which we are all hier.
> 'Gainst the glaceirs of ignorance that icily frown,
> This great precept gives warmth, like a thick iederdown.
>
> Now, a few in soceity choose to deride,
> To cast doubt on this anceint and venerable guide;
> They unwittingly follow a foriegn agenda,
> A plot hatched, I am sure, in some vile haceinda.
>
> In our work and our liesure, our homes and our schools,
> Let us follow our consceince, sieze proudly our rules!
> Will I dilute my standards, make them vaguer and blither?
> I say NO, I will not! I trust you will not iether.
Magnificeint!
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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