[aruanan]

I after E except before C, and E before N in 'chicken'.

Isn't that supposed to be I before E except after C?

[Erasmus]

Isn't that supposed to be I before E except after C?

I was quoting Yankeedame there for another (characteristically inane) purpose, but yeah.

I once wrote a Snobol program which corrected text based on the rule "I before E except after C or when spoken as A as in neighbor, sleigh, aweigh, inveigh, ...."