If its I before E except after C then why is....

[kaorder1999]

it spelled weird?

[ronwx5x]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
it spelled weird?

Because it IS weird!:cool:

[STANG RED]

Doesnt the whole saying go "I before E except after C, and sometime after W and Y"?
I know it's something like that, but it's been about 40 years since I learned it, and I have slept a couple times since then, so I may not have it exactly right.

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Doesnt the whole saying go "I before E except after C, and sometime after W and Y"?
I know it's something like that, but it's been about 40 years since I learned it, and I have slept a couple times since then, so I may not have it exactly right.
you may be right!

[kepdawg]

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[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by kepdawg
absenteeism
ageism
albeit
Alexei
Alzheimer
Anaheim
atheist
beige
being
Beijing
Beirut
Boeing
Budweiser
caffeine
codeine
counterfeit
cuneiform
deign
Deirdre
edelweiss
eider
eight
Einstein
either
Fahrenheit
feign
feint
feisty
foreign
forfeit
freight
geiger counter
geisha
heifer
height
heinous
heir
heist
herein
Holstein
homogeneity
Hygeia
inveigh
inveigle
kaleidoscope
Keith
Klein
Leicester
leishmaniasis
leisure
leitmotif
Madeira
meiosis
monteith
neigh
Neil
neither
nonpareil
nuclei
nucleic
obeisance
onomatopoeic
Oppenheimer
plebeian
Pleiades
poltergeist
protein
queueing
reimburse
rein
reindeer
reinstate
reinvent
reitbok
seismic
seize
sheik
Sheila
skein
sleigh
sovereign
surfeit
surveillance
Taipei
their
theism
veil
vein
weigh
weir
weird
wisenheimer
zein
zeitgeist

damn...thats a lot of examples!

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
damn...thats a lot of examples!

And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head! ;)

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by kepdawg
And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head! ;)
lol...ya! :clap:

[ronwx5x]

Originally posted by kepdawg
absenteeism
ageism
albeit
Alexei
Alzheimer
Anaheim
atheist
beige
being
Beijing
Beirut
Boeing
Budweiser
caffeine
codeine
counterfeit
cuneiform
deign
Deirdre
edelweiss
eider
eight
Einstein
either
Fahrenheit
feign
feint
feisty
foreign
forfeit
freight
geiger counter
geisha
heifer
height
heinous
heir
heist
herein
Holstein
homogeneity
Hygeia
inveigh
inveigle
kaleidoscope
Keith
Klein
Leicester
leishmaniasis
leisure
leitmotif
Madeira
meiosis
monteith
neigh
Neil
neither
nonpareil
nuclei
nucleic
obeisance
onomatopoeic
Oppenheimer
plebeian
Pleiades
poltergeist
protein
queueing
reimburse
rein
reindeer
reinstate
reinvent
reitbok
seismic
seize
sheik
Sheila
skein
sleigh
sovereign
surfeit
surveillance
Taipei
their
theism
veil
vein
weigh
weir
weird
wisenheimer
zein
zeitgeist

That is indeed impressive despite the fact that many fall into the "when sounded as a" exception and a number are actually foreign words adapted to English usage.

[coach]

Originally posted by kepdawg
absenteeism
ageism
albeit
Alexei
Alzheimer
Anaheim
atheist
beige
being
Beijing
Beirut
Boeing
Budweiser
caffeine
codeine
counterfeit
cuneiform
deign
Deirdre
edelweiss
eider
eight
Einstein
either
Fahrenheit
feign
feint
feisty
foreign
forfeit
freight
geiger counter
geisha
heifer
height
heinous
heir
heist
herein
Holstein
homogeneity
Hygeia
inveigh
inveigle
kaleidoscope
Keith
Klein
Leicester
leishmaniasis
leisure
leitmotif
Madeira
meiosis
monteith
neigh
Neil
neither
nonpareil
nuclei
nucleic
obeisance
onomatopoeic
Oppenheimer
plebeian
Pleiades
poltergeist
protein
queueing
reimburse
rein
reindeer
reinstate
reinvent
reitbok
seismic
seize
sheik
Sheila
skein
sleigh
sovereign
surfeit
surveillance
Taipei
their
theism
veil
vein
weigh
weir
weird
wisenheimer
zein
zeitgeist

i before e except after c and the long a sound is what i was tought

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by coach
i before e except after c and the long a sound is what i was tought
such as neighbor or weigh

[waterboy]

These words have to be learned as "sight words" according to my wife who is a 3rd grade teacher. I remember the rules, but they don't always apply. There are many exceptions to the rules, therefore a lot of the words are learned by being "sight words".:confused: :cool:

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by waterboy
These words have to be learned as "sight words" according to my wife who is a 3rd grade teacher. I remember the rules, but they don't always apply. There are many exceptions to the rules, therefore a lot of the words are learned by being "sight words".:confused: :cool:

And that is why my spelling generally sucks, because so does my memory.:(

[Fletch]

Originally posted by kepdawg
absenteeism
ageism
albeit
Alexei
Alzheimer
Anaheim
atheist
beige
being
Beijing
Beirut
Boeing
Budweiser
caffeine
codeine
counterfeit
cuneiform
deign
Deirdre
edelweiss
eider
eight
Einstein
either
Fahrenheit
feign
feint
feisty
foreign
forfeit
freight
geiger counter
geisha
heifer
height
heinous
heir
heist
herein
Holstein
homogeneity
Hygeia
inveigh
inveigle
kaleidoscope
Keith
Klein
Leicester
leishmaniasis
leisure
leitmotif
Madeira
meiosis
monteith
neigh
Neil
neither
nonpareil
nuclei
nucleic
obeisance
onomatopoeic
Oppenheimer
plebeian
Pleiades
poltergeist
protein
queueing
reimburse
rein
reindeer
reinstate
reinvent
reitbok
seismic
seize
sheik
Sheila
skein
sleigh
sovereign
surfeit
surveillance
Taipei
their
theism
veil
vein
weigh
weir
weird
wisenheimer
zein
zeitgeist

Someone has too much time on their hands! :D

[LH Panther Mom]

i before e
except after c
or when sounding like "ay"
as in neighbor or weigh
their, weird and either,
foreign, seize and neither,
leisure, forfeit and height
are exceptions spelled right


or

"i" before "e"
except after "c"
or when it sounds like "ay"
as in neighbor or weigh
either, neither, weird, and seize
are exceptions if you please


There is also a more sarcastic version, which points out a couple of exceptions:

i before e
except after c
but we live in a weird society
i before e
except after c
or when sounding like ay
as in neighbor or way
or on a holiday or any day in May
so who came up with this rule anyway?

:nerd: wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C)