Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> At OSDL we're seeing a wierd performance crash on 8.1cvs.
Permit me a digression for a pet peeve...
"Weird" is spelled "weird". Not "wierd".
Yes, I know the nursery rhyme as well as you do --- i before e except
after c, etc etc. But weird is spelled weirdly. Appropriate, isn't it?
regards, tom lane
PS: If you need an authoritative reference, will the OED do?
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/weird?view=uk