I before E except after C, what are some words that are the exceptions?

Question

Receive follows the rule, efficient is the exception, etc etc, give me the other ones you know

Answer 1

my favorite is weird.

Answer 2

I suppose you have heard the English spelling rule, "I before E, except after C". It covers most of the bases: "thief," "grief," "believe," "relieve," etc., or (after "c") "receive," "ceiling," "conceit," etc. This rule, essentially applies to "ie" or "ei" which have an "ee" (long e) sound. Others (ay or other sounds) are usually spelled "ei." Here are some words with these other sounds:

beige
feint
feisty
foreign
forfeit
heifer
height
heir
heist
neighbor
reign
rein
seismometer
their
veil
vein
weigh (weight)
Then there are quite a few exceptions ("ee" sound, but spelled "ei"):

codeine
either
Keith
leisure
neither
seize
weird
Or not an "ee" sound, but spelled "ie":

friend
hierarchy, hieroglyphics
Of course "either" and "neither" are pronounced differently (and are not exceptions to the rule) outside the USA.

A few words have a syllable break between the two vowels ("deity," "science"), and their spellings are fairly obvious. Most foreign words retain their foreign spelling: "concierge," "Heimlich," "leitmotif." And words with prefixes and suffixes ("being," "deice" (usually spelled "de-ice") "reinvent") should be obvious.

Answer 3

You imply that some historians belief what the bible says as in 607? Who are these? You imply that some point to 587/6, again wrong, since all historians agree on 587. There is a mountain of evidence that supports 587 date and non for 607. You not only have chronological evidence of Babylonian kings through historians like Ptolemy and Berussos but you have business records that confirm the reigns and you have astronomical tablets that correspond to Babylonian kings with not only lunar eclipses but the positions of the planets that could not have taken place in 607 BC. You have cuneiform tablets that list chronologically the Babylonian kings. There is no additional 20 years to fit within the reigns of the kings. You've done absolutely no research outside of Watchtower, you didn't even research the sources that Watchtower uses which often are taken out of context when they present them in their articles. Your idea of 607 is simply based on your bias to arrive with your imaginary 1914 date so you can make yourself feel better that the end is oh so close now. Anyone putting their faith in a bunch on false prophets like Watchtower is, will be disappointed 100% of the time. 100% of JWs died thinking they would have seen paradise before death, and 100% of JWs will die never seeing their bogus ever near paradise. Did you know Watchtower taught 1874 as more important date and 1914 was only secondary, originally a date of Armageddon. Originally WTS taught that 1914 was based on 606 date which was based on 536 date when Cyrus conquered Babylon! Read Russell's Thy Kingdom Come book for full detailed original eschatology. For over 50 years Watchtower taught that Jesus returned in 1874 before they changed the number game and said Jesus returned in 1914 based on 607 and the fall of Babylon in 539 but then they added 2 years before it took of Jews to occupy Jerusalem. This isn't noo lite but a factual deception to keep suckers thinking the end is soon and from leaving your cult while extending the leadership's authority longer - just recently they changed the meaning of generation for you JWs so that governing body can have authority longer without you questioning them on it. BTW, Watchtower wasn't the first to make date predictions of various kinds and they aren't the last. In fact, the gentile times nor the day for a year or 2520 year calculation originated with Watchtower. How long before they dump 1914 altogether? It's just a matter of time which will also mean they will eliminate the fictional 607 date.

Answer 4

Some exceptions are:

beige, cleidoic, codeine, conscience, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, teiid, veil, vein, weight,
weir, weird

Answer 5

Neighbor, Weigh...

Answer 6

It's not a rule if it has exceptions.

Answer 7

/I/ before /e/, except after /c/; except when they say /a/ as in "neighbor" and "sleigh." That's the entire mnemonic! There's also weigh, neigh, etc.

Answer 8

beige, cleidoic, codeine, conscience, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, teiid, veil, vein, weight,
weir, weird

Answer 9

Wikipedia has a big article on this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_e_except_after_c

Answer 10

science, omniscient, society, conscience...but don't forget about the ones where e comes before i (when there's no 'c' involved)

beige, height, forfeit...

there are TONS!! :)

cheers!!

Answer 11

science