+644 The rule "I before E, except after C" isn't very efficient. amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It is pretty weird..

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I see what you did there. ;D

by Anonymous 14 years ago

CURSE YOU , I WAS TOTALLY GOING TO SAY THAT.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

AS WAS I. also, the rule is weird, foreign, and ancient.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

AW I WAS GONNA SAY THAT TOO. Fiddlesticks.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor or weigh and on weekends and holidays and all thoughout May and you'll always be wrong, no matter what you say!

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Interesting. Oh, and you spelled "throughout" wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The rule doesn't qualify if the "I" and "E" are in different syllables, such as "bEIng" and "effIcIEnt" (ef-fi-ci-ent).

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I before E, except after C, if the sound is E For example, the word Weird doesn't have an E sound, it's a ee-er sound.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I always thought ee sounded like E. My bad.

by Anonymous 14 years ago