the-puzzle-that-put-you-to-tears:
I before E
except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbour
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.”
― James NicollThe rule is actually I before E except after C when making the sound EE. There are still exceptions, of course, but there are way less.