Ok, I'm just dumping the stuff from the old blog:
This is one of (hopefully) many on one of my favorite topics, words which defy the "I before e, except after c, unless as an a, as in neighbor, or weigh" rule.
WEIRD
SEIGE
SEIZE
gotta go find my list.
This is one of (hopefully) many on one of my favorite topics, words which defy the "I before e, except after c, unless as an a, as in neighbor, or weigh" rule.
WEIRD
SEIGE
SEIZE
gotta go find my list.
Codeine
It's an E sound, there's no C anywhere near it (I mean, yes, the E is, literally, 'after C' but it's quite a bit after).
Keith
Never noticed it.
Not after C, nor sounding like A.
Is 'C' perhaps covered by the 'K'?
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