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Except after "C".
Have fun with your exceptions bro.
Exceptions to the rule
absenteeism
agreeing
albeit
ancient
atheist
beige
being
caffeine
canoeing
co-efficient
codeine
concierge
conscience
counterfeit
deficient
deign
deity
edelweiss
efficient
eiderdown
eight
either
fahrenheit
fancied
feign
feint
feisty
financier
foreign
forfeit
freight
glacier
gneiss
hacienda
heifer
height
heir
herein
inscient
leisure
leitmotif
madeira
neigh
neighbour
neither
oleic
omniscient
pein
plebeian
pleiades
policies
prescient
prima facie
proficient
protein
reign
rein
reinstate
reveille
science
seeing
seize
sheik
skein
sleigh
sleight
society
sovereign
species
spontaneity
sufficient
surfeit
surveillance
their
therein
veil
vein
weigh
weight
weir
weird
wherein
Words that follow the rule
Spoiler
able-bodied
achieve
achieved
achievement
acquiesce
acquiescence
acquiescent
adieu
aerie
afield
afterpiece
aggie
aggrieve
aggrieved
airfield
alien
alienable
alienage
alienate
alienation
alienee
alienism
alienist
alienor
aliesterase
allied
altarpiece
alto-relievo
ambience
ambient
amplifier
anomie
antianxiety
antielectron
antienzyme
antiestablishment
anxiety
aperient
apiece
apple-pie
applied
archfiend
archiepiscopal
archpriest
Ariel
Aries
arietta
arriere-ban
arriere-pensee
astonied
atelier
audience
auntie
Aussie
backfield
baddie
bailie
bain-marie
barrier
bas-relief
basso-relievo
battlefield
beanie
beastie
befriend
belie
belief
believable
believe
berried
besiege
Bessie
Biedermeier
biennia
biennial
biennium
bier
biggie
bijouterie
birdie
birkie
blackie
blitzkrieg
board-certified
bodied
bogie
bombardier
bonbonniere
bonhomie
bonspiel
booboisie
boogie
boogie-woogie
boogieman
bookie
boonies
bootie
bougie
boulevardier
bouquetier
bourgeoisie
boutonniere
boyfriend
brasier
brasserie
brassie
brassiere
brazier
brief
briefcase
briefing
brier
brigadier
broken-field
bronchiectasis
brookie
brownfield
brownie
brusquerie
budgie
buppie
burier
bustier
butadiene
caddie
cahier
calorie
camaraderie
cammie
candied
canfield
capercaillie
carabinier
carabiniere
caries
carrier
cashier
catbrier
cattie
causerie
cavalier
centerpiece
chandelier
charcuterie
cheapie
chesterfield
chevalier
chicken-fried
chief
chiefly
chieftain
chiffonier
chimneypiece
chinoiserie
chippie
chocolatier
christie
chronaxie
circumambient
citied
citified
civies
civvies
clairaudience
classified
classifier
clavier
client
clientele
clothier
coalfield
cock-a-leekie
cockamamie
cockatiel
codpiece
collie
collier
colliery
color-field
comedienne
commie
complier
condottiere
congeries
consigliere
contrariety
convenience
conveniency
convenient
cookie
cookie-cutter
coolie
coontie
cootie
copier
corbie-step
cordierite
cornfield
corrie
corsetiere
costumier
coterie
countrified
countryfied
courier
courtier
couturier
couturiere
cowpie
cowrie
coxsackievirus
craniectomy
crappie
cried
crier
cries
crosier
crosspiece
crosstie
croupier
crowdie
crozier
crummie
cuirassier
curie
currie
currier
curriery
cut-and-dried
cutie
Daniel
darkie
dassie
debrief
debriefing
defier
definiendum
definiens
demirelief
denier
derriere
destrier
dexie
dhurrie
diablerie
die
die-hard
die-off
dieback
diecious
dieffenbachia
dieldrin
dielectric
diencephalon
dieresis
diesel
dieselise
diesinker
diesis
diestock
diestrus
diet
dietary
dietetic
dietetics
diethylstilbestrol
dietitian
dignified
disbelief
disbelieve
disobedience
disorient
disorientation
disquiet
disquietude
dissatisfied
dissentient
dissilient
Dixie
Dixiecrat
do-or-die
dockmackie
doggie
dogie
dominie
doobie
dormie
dossier
dovekie
downfield
dried
drier
dries
driest
druggie
dubiety
dumortierite
dundrearies
earpiece
ebullience
ebulliency
ebullient
eerie
eightieth
emollient
equestrienne
Erie
erythropoiesis
erythropoietin
espalier
esurient
excipient
expedience
expediency
expedient
expediential
experience
experienced
experiential
eyepiece
eyrie
Ezekiel
faerie
faience
falsie
farrier
fie
fief
fiefdom
field
field-test
fielder
fieldfare
fieldsman
fieldstone
fieldstrip
fieldwork
fiend
fiendish
fierce
fiery
fiesta
fiftieth
filiopietistic
fin-de-siecle
flanerie
flied
flier
flies
folkie
foodie
footsie
forecaddie
fortieth
Fourierism
freebie
frenzied
fried
friend
friendly
friendship
frier
fries
Friesian
frieze
frontier
frontiersman
frontierswoman
frontispiece
full-bodied
furrier
furriery
fusilier
Gabriel
gaiety
galactopoiesis
gambier
garden-variety
garnierite
gaucherie
gendarmerie
genie
Geordie
ghillie
gie
gillie
girlfriend
girlie
glazier
glockenspiel
goalie
goldfield
gondolier
gonfalonier
goodie
gradient
grandniece
grazier
greenbrier
greenfield
grenadier
grief
grievance
grieve
grievous
groupie
hackie
hairpiece
halier
handkerchief
hankie
harrier
headpiece
heavier-than-air
heebie-jeebies
heelpiece
heinie
hematopoiesis
hemopoiesis
hie
hiemal
hier-
hierarch
hierarchical
hierarchize
hierarchy
hieratic
hiero-
hierocracy
hierodule
hieroglyph
hieroglyphic
hierology
hierophant
highflier
hippie
historied
hoagie
hogtie
holier-than-thou
honied
Hoosier
hosiery
hotelier
humidifier
humified
hurried
huskie
hygiene
hygienic
hygienics
hygienise
impatience
impatiens
impatient
impercipient
impiety
impropriety
inalienable
incipient
inconvenience
inconvenient
indie
inebriety
inexpedient
inexperience
infield
infielder
ingredient
inlier
inpatient
inquietude
insentient
insipience
insobriety
intensifier
interview
irretrievable
isopiestic
ivied
jalousie
jammies
jardiniere
jellied
jimmies
julienne
Juliet
junkie
juvie
kelpie
kerchief
kewpie
kiddie
kielbasa
kieselguhr
kieserite
killie
kilocalorie
kilocurie
kiltie
knobkerrie
Kyrie
laddie
lammergeier
lassie
lavaliere
lenience
leniency
lenient
leukopoiesis
leukotriene
lie
lied
lief
liege
liegeman
lien
lierne
lieu
lieutenant
lingerie
liveried
loonie
lords-and-ladies
love-lies-bleeding
luthier
lymphopoiesis
macronutrient
magnifier
magpie
maieutic
make-believe
malvoisie
mantelpiece
manyplies
married
mashie
masterpiece
materiel
mealie
meanie
medieval
medievalise
medievalism
medievalist
menagerie
metier
meuniere
mezzo-relievo
micronutrient
midfield
mielie
mien
milieu
millicurie
minaudiere
minefield
miniseries
misbelief
misbelieve
mischief
mischief-maker
mischievous
misorient
modifier
moiety
mollie
monied
monies
Mountie
mouthpiece
movie
moviedom
moviegoer
moviemaker
moxie
muliebrity
multiethnic
multiplier
munchies
muskie
narrow-bodied
neckerchief
neckpiece
necktie
newbie
niece
niello
nielsbohrium
nightie
nimiety
ninetieth
nixie
nonbeliever
nosepiece
notoriety
nullifier
nutrient
obedience
obedient
object-oriented
Okie
old-field
oldie
one-piece
opacifier
orchiectomy
oriel
orient
oriental
orientalia
orientalise
orientalize
orientate
orientation
orienteering
osier
oubliette
outfield
outfielder
outlier
outpatient
ovariectomy
overachieve
overlie
overqualified
overview
pacifier
palsied
panier
pannier
pantie
papeterie
papier-mache
paries
parietal
parietes
parturient
passementerie
passepied
pasties
patience
patient
patisserie
paupiette
pay-per-view
percipient
perentie
phosphodiesterase
photocopier
photomultiplier
phytonutrient
pie
pie-eyed
piebald
piece
piecemeal
piecework
pied
pied-a-terre
piedmont
Piegan
pier
pierce
pierced
pierogi
Pierrot
pieta
pietism
piety
piezo-
piezoelectricity
piezometer
pimiento
pinkie
pixie
plie
plied
plier
plies
pontonier
porkpie
portiere
potpie
prairie
preamplifier
preemie
premie
premier
premiere
preoccupied
presentient
prevenience
prevenient
preview
prie-dieu
pried
prier
pries
priest
priestess
priesthood
priestly
propertied
proprietary
proprietor
proprietress
propriety
provenience
prurient
punkie
purlieu
purview
pyxie
qualified
qualifier
quantifier
queen-of-the-prairie
quickie
quiescent
quiet
quieten
quietism
quietude
quietus
quiniela
quotient
rabies
ramie
rapier
rarefied
rarified
recipience
recipient
rectifier
relief
relieve
reliever
relievo
rentier
reprieve
requiem
requiescat
resilience
resiliency
resilient
retried
retries
retrieval
retrieve
retriever
reverie
review
reviewer
riel
Riesling
right-to-die
riviere
roadie
roofie
rookie
roomie
rotisserie
roturier
salience
salient
salientian
samiel
sanies
sansevieria
sapiens
sapient
satiety
satisfied
scabies
scabietic
schlemiel
schlieren
schoolie
Scottie
scrapie
scried
scries
scroogie
scrunchie
selkie
semielliptical
sennachie
sentience
sentient
seriema
series
series-wound
serried
serviette
seventieth
shanachie
shankpiece
sharpie
sheltie
shied
shield
shieling
shier
shies
shiest
shlemiel
shortie
showpiece
shriek
shrieval
sickie
sidepiece
siege
Siegfried
siemens
sienna
sierozem
sierra
siesta
sieve
sievert
signified
signifier
silkie
sinfonietta
singspiel
sissified
sitzkrieg
sixtieth
skied
skies
slier
sliest
slieve
smoothie
snowfield
sobriety
softie
soldier
soldierly
soldiery
sommelier
sortie
soviet
sovietise
sovietize
spaniel
spear-carrier
spied
spiegeleisen
spiel
spies
sprier
spriest
stied
sties
stiffie
stoolie
storied
studied
stymie
subcarrier
subfield
subservient
sun-dried
sundries
swabbie
sweetbrier
sweetie
tackie
tailpiece
talkie
tarsier
techie
tekkie
telangiectasia
terrier
thief
thieve
thievery
thievish
thirtieth
three-piece
thrombopoiesis
tie
tie-dye
tie-in
tie-up
tieback
tiebreak
tiebreaker
tier
tierce
tiercel
tierceron
timepiece
tongue-tie
tongue-tied
toonie
tootsie
totsiens
toughie
townie
tragedienne
transience
transient
tried
tried-and-true
triennial
triennium
trier
trierarch
trierarchy
tries
tussie-mussie
twentieth
two-piece
twoonie
ubiety
Umbriel
unaccompanied
unachievable
unalienable
unbelief
unbelievable
unbeliever
unbelieving
unbodied
uncertified
unclassified
underachieve
underlie
undies
undignified
unfriended
unfriendly
unmarried
unoccupied
unqualified
unquiet
unrelieved
unstratified
unstudied
untie
untried
unwearied
unwieldy
unyielding
Uriel
user-friendly
user-unfriendly
Valkyrie
varied
variegate
variegated
variegation
varietal
variety
vaunt-courier
veggie
vernier
vie
Viennese
Vietminh
Vietnamese
view
viewdata
viewer
viewership
viewfinder
viewing
viewless
viewpoint
viewy
vivandiere
vizier
volkslied
waddie
walkie-talkie
wedgie
weenie
weepie
weirdie
wellie
wheelie
wield
wieldy
wiener
wienerwurst
willies
windshield
woodie
worker-priest
worldview
wrier
wriest
yellow-bellied
yield
yielding
yippie
Spoiler
apperceive
ceiba
ceil
ceilidh
ceiling
ceilometer
conceit
conceited
conceive
crocein
deceit
deceitful
deceive
enceinte
fluorescein
ill-conceived
inconceivable
misconceive
misperceive
narceine
perceive
preconceive
receipt
receivable
receive
received
receiver
receivership
self-deceit
self-deceived
self-deceiving
subceiling
transceiver
transmitter-receiver
unconceivable
undeceive
God 1
Atheists 0
cie: 10
Spoiler1
conscience
omniscient
prescient
inscient
science
2
deficient
proficient
co-efficient
efficient
sufficient
10
ancient
concierge
fancied
financier
glacier
hacienda
policies
society
species
cei: 6
Spoiler1
ceiling
subceiling
ceilometer
2
conceit
conceited
conceive
unconceivable
ill-conceived
inconceivable
misconceive
preconceive
3
deceit
deceitful
self-deceit
self-deceived
self-deceiving
deceive
undeceive
4
perceive
apperceive
misperceive
5
receipt
6
receivable
receive
received
receiver
receivership
transmitter-receiver
transceiver
pomegranate that's not in common use
crocein
enceinte
fluorescein
narceine
ceiba
ceil
ceilidh
I'm being generous even counting deceit and conceit as separate words since they're obviously just variations on the order of omniscient and prescient.
Useful ass rule
The English language was poorly designed.
Read or read? Live or live?
Ahh...Commedians.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian ReganNo, Brian, no. It's I before E, except after C, and when sounding like A as in Neighbor and Weigh, and weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!
I love this comedian so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Polantaris
-quote snip!-
Ahh...Commedians.
OT: This is like, the helpful thread for all things "I before E" rule-y.
bass (bass) or bass (beis)
basil (basil) or basil (beisil)
Yeah, English is ass backwards.
I never get this one right. Bass or beis? No single f'ucking clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by FlameChocobobass (bass) or bass (beis)
basil (basil) or basil (beisil)
Yeah, English is ass backwards.
Eww english nerds...(backsoff) I don't get any of them either @____@