Onomancy

Authors

Xavier Balilinkinoff

Abstract

When I was but thirteen or so, my seventh grade teacher, Milicent Whippoorwill, first acquainted me with the old spelling rule:

I before E,
Except after C,
Or when sounding as A,
As in "neighbor" and "weigh."

Miss Whippoorwill also used to encourage us to anagram words, in order that we might become more familiar with their spelling.

Recommended Citation

Balilinkinoff, Xavier (1969) "Onomancy," Word Ways: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 , Article 9.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol2/iss2/9