I was taught the rule I before e except after c
But I've just seen this post on fb "I before E except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbour"
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The file is actually
"i before e, except after c, with some exceptions"
The exceptions generally are when the ei is pronounced ( or nearly pronounced) as two separate sounds; as in the examples you gave;
Eg feisty; it's not pronounced "feesty"; if you draw it out, it's almost two sounds; " fiyeesty"
Beige is " bayeege". |
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