Ah, I re-read what I wrote and noticed that I misspelled allegiance. I tend to spell phonetically when I type.
That reminds me of when I was little, my younger sister once asked my mother what pledgel meant, as in pledgel legence.
I tend to spell phonetically when I type. No offense intended. I do that too, I just never thought of explaining it. No more spell checks for me.
I'd rather the schools were all phonetic, and they all said the pledgel legence (with G-d in it).