The spelling rule "I before E except after C".
So this Hyundai commercial got me started. They came up with the following that doesnt follow the rules:
fEIsty
wEIrd
rotwEIller
efficIEnt
bEIge
nEIther
So I tried coming up with a few and can't come up with anymore:
LEI
WEIner
InvEIgh
lEIsure
rEIndeer
rEIgn
rEImburse
rEIch
Can you come up with more? Most answers get 10 points!
2006-10-12 13:04:22 · 10 answers · asked by Clock Watcher 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
their, foreign, being, neither, weird, vein, seize, albeit, ancient ,atheism, beige, being, caffeine ,casein, cleidoic, codeine ,conscience, counterfeit, deficient (deficiencies) ,deify ,deity, deign, deil, disseize ,dreidel ,efficient ,eider ,eight ,either, feign, feint, feisty ,financier ,foreign ,forfeit ,freight ,geisha, glacier, gleization ,gneiss ,greige ,greisen ,heifer ,heigh-ho ,height ,heinous ,heir ,heist, inveigle, kaleidoscope, keister ,leisure, leitmotiv ,monteith, neigh, neighbor ,neither ,obeisance, omniscient ,onomatopoeia, peignoir, phenolphthalein, phthalein ,prescient ,proficient ,protein ,reign ,reimburse ,rein ,reinforce ,reinstate, reveille, Rotweiller, science, seeing, seiche ,seidel, seine ,seismic, seize, seizin ,sheik, sheila, society ,sovereign ,specie ,species ,sufficient, surfeit ,surveillance, teiid, their ,veil ,vein ,weight ,weir ,weird
HOPE I HELPED GOOD LUCK!
2006-10-12 13:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by xbluemoonfaeryx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually the RULE is I before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh. So things like reign are still within the rule as is reindeer. Sorry but can't think of any so thought I would just fix the rule.
2006-10-12 20:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a couple and an explanation.
> eight
weight
height
veign
sovereign
The spelling rule " 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'" was intended for the arrangement involving the long 'E' sound (like 'believe' or 'receive'). However, the "Americanization" of the English language and borrowed words from various other languages has made that spelling rule inaccurate. 'Weigh' and 'reign' have a long 'A' sound. Such words as 'leisure' and 'neither' are originally pronounced with long 'I' sounds. 'Weird' and 'reimburse' are originally pronounced in multiple syllables
2006-10-12 20:48:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Effecient is incorrect in the original list because it does follow the rule. Lei is in the Hawaiian vocabulary and their alphabet is not the same as the American alphabet.
2006-10-12 20:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
albeit, neither, counterfeit, either, foreign, geisha, forfeit, heifer, herein, keister, leisure, peignoir, reveille, seize, sheik, sovereign, surfeit, therein, weir, weird, wherein and variants like foreigner, forfeiture, seizure, sheikdom, weirdo, weirder. The rare ones are: ceinture, enceinte, mullein, teiid, and villein.
2006-10-12 20:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by arae8419 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
either
height
neither
neighbor
reign
weigh
freight
seize
weird
conscience
leisure
height
foreign
2006-10-12 20:18:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mayday Britty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rein like a horses reigned or Stein
beige
cleint
ummmmsry ill get back to u its hard
2006-10-12 21:26:47 · answer #7 · answered by TerBear;] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must be some high school question sorry but cant figure it out
2006-10-12 20:14:02 · answer #8 · answered by Starz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
protein
sleigh
keith
seize
eight
eiderdown
either
rein
veil
heir
vein
their
neigh
skein
neighbor
weir
yield
fiend
friend
believe
relieve
priest
relief
grievous
field
belief yield
thief
shriek
reprieve
besiege
piece
pierce
cashier
reprieve
brief
sieve
2006-10-12 20:23:24 · answer #9 · answered by denh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
elch, tilhcw, tHcil
2006-10-12 20:14:09 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋