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[edit] ei exceptions by sound

In the list which follows, most derived forms are omitted; for example, as well as seize, there exist disseize and seizure. Words are grouped by the phonemes (sounds) corresponding to ei or eir in the spelling; each phoneme each represented phonetically as at pedia:IPA for English and, where applicable, by the keyword in John C. Wells' lexical sets.

An asterisk* after a word indicates the pronunciation implied is one of several found. Some have an /iː/ variant more common in America than Britain (e.g. sheikh, leisure, either have /eɪ/, /ɛ/, /aɪ/ respectively). In these cases, the British pronunciation is a corollary of the British "long e" rule (i.e., when spelt ei, the pronunciation cannot be /iː/).

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

/eɪ/ FACE

these exceptions are excluded by the American version: abseil, beige, cleidoic, deign, dreidel, eight, feign, feint, freight, geisha, gleization, greige, greisen, heigh-ho*, heinous*, inveigh, inveigle*, neigh, neighbo(u)r, nonpareil*, obeisance*, peignoir*, reign, rein, seiche, seidel, seine, sheikh*, skein, sleigh, surveillance, veil, vein, weigh. (This sound is never spelled ie,^[25] except perhaps in lingerie).

/ɛər/ SQUARE

these exceptions are excluded by the American version: heir, their. (This sound is never spelled ier)

/iː/ FLEECE

these exceptions are the only ones that slip through the strictest interpretation of the British version: either*, heinous*, inveigle*, keister, leisure*, monteith, neither*, obeisance*, seize, seizin, sheikh*, teiid (see also the chemical names such as caffeine listed above).

/ɪər/ NEAR

these exceptions may slip through the British version: weir, weird. (This sound may also be spelled ier, as in pierce.)

/aɪ/ PRICE

eider, either*, einsteinium, feisty, gneiss, heigh-ho*, height, heist, kaleidoscope, leitmotiv, neither*, Rotweiller, seismic, seismograph, stein, zeitgeist. This sound may also be spelled ie, but only at the end of a morpheme as in die, pie, lie, fie, cried.^[26]

/ɨ/ (see weak-vowel merger)

counterfeit, foreign, forfeit, reveille*, sovereign, surfeit

/ɛ/ DRESS

heifer, leisure*, nonpareil*, peignoir*. (This sound may also be spelled ie, as in friend.)

/æ/ TRAP

reveille*

e and i in separate segments

albeit, atheism, deify, deity, herein, onomatopoeia

[edit] Allusions

The rhyme is mentioned in several films and TV episodes about spelling bees, including A Boy Named Charlie Brown, The Simpsons episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can", and an episode of Arthur.

I Before E (Except After C): Old-School Ways To Remember Stuff was a miscellany released in the UK for the Christmas 2007 "stocking filler" market,^[27] which sold well.^[28]

"I Before E Except After C" is a song on Yazoo's 1982 album Upstairs at Eric's. The Jackson 5's 1970 hit "ABC" has the lyric "I before E except after C". "I before E except after C" was a 1963 episode of the TV series East Side/West Side.

I Before E is the name of both a short-story collection by Sam Kieth and a music album by Carissa's Wierd, in each case alluding to the unusual spelling of the creator's name.

Until the 1930s, Pierce City, Missouri was named "Peirce City", after Andrew Peirce. A 1982 attempt to revert to the original spelling was rejected by the United States Census Bureau.^[29]

[edit] References

• Carney, Edward (1994). A survey of English spelling. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415092708. books?id=sceZ5XcqSfIC. Retrieved 25 February 2011.