• Edward

  

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  Re: i before e except when follows c and :

  Sat, May 3, 2008 - 9:27 AM

  Neigh (sorry)
  Veil
  Weir
  Weigh
  Deign
  Heir

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• • Cathy

    

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    Re: i before e except when follows c and :

    Sun, May 4, 2008 - 4:44 PM

    height

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  • • Andrew

      

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      Re: i before e except when follows c and :

      Sun, May 4, 2008 - 8:26 PM

      rein
      reign

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        Re: i before e except when follows c and :

        Mon, May 5, 2008 - 9:12 AM

        heist
        
        (but what are we disproving here, precisely?)

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      • • T.

          

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          Re: i before e except when follows c and :

          Thu, May 8, 2008 - 9:05 PM

          Ha ha!

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        • • Karl

            

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            Re: i before e except when follows c and :

            Fri, May 9, 2008 - 5:04 AM

            Of the examples given only
            
            Weir
            
            has the ee sound as in receive and believe.
            
            Karl

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          • • Karl

              

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              Re: i before e except when follows c and :

              Fri, May 9, 2008 - 5:05 AM

              "Of the examples given only
              
              Weir
              
              has the ee sound as in receive and believe. "
              
              and Weird too!
              
              Karl

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                Re: i before e except when follows c and :

                Fri, May 9, 2008 - 5:18 AM

                oh, that's what we were doing. Like: seize? leisure? neither?

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                  Flicka

                  

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                  Re: i before e except when follows c and :

                  Sun, May 11, 2008 - 6:50 PM

                  "i before e except after c or when sounding an 'a' as in neighbor and weigh"
                  
                  I offer reinvigorate (yeah, that's cheating I guess)

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                • • Karl

                    

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                    Re: i before e except when follows c and :

                    Mon, May 12, 2008 - 4:56 AM

                    "i before e except after c or when sounding an 'a' as in neighbor and weigh"
                    
                    i before e except after c or when sounding an 'a' as in veil or weigh.
                    
                    (gh not necessary) also vein and heir.
                    
                    Exceptions so far: weir, weird and seize.
                    
                    Karl

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                  • • Tim

                      

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                      Mon, May 12, 2008 - 7:43 PM

                      Klein

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                    • • Karl

                        

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                        Re: i before e except when follows c and :

                        Tue, May 13, 2008 - 4:49 AM

                        i before e except after c or when not sounding an 'ie' as in believe or 'ei' as in receive.
                        
                        Exceptions so far: weir weird and seize
                        
                        Karl

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                          Re: i before e except when follows c and :

                          Wed, May 14, 2008 - 8:34 AM

                          What wrong with neither (neethur) and leisure (leezhur) ?

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                      • Flicka

                        

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                        Re: i before e except when follows c and :

                        Tue, May 13, 2008 - 5:40 PM

                        Leitmotif

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                      • • Randy

                          

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                          Thu, May 15, 2008 - 12:58 AM

                          
                          NO one meantioned ::ancient::
                          
                          
                          Randy

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                        • • Flicka

                            

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                            Thu, May 15, 2008 - 11:13 AM

                            haha! excellent jujitsu

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