i before e … except

“i” before “e” except after “c” or when sounded
like “a” as in “neighbor” or “weigh” unless it’s the “cies” in the
plural of a word ending in “cy”, a gerund like “being”, a word starting
in “i” prefixed with “re”, or one of these exceptions: albeit ancient
atheist caffeine casein cleidoic codeine conscience counterfeit
deficient deity efficient eider either feisty financier foreign forfeit
glacier gneiss greige greisen heifer heigh-ho height heir heist
kaleidoscope keister leisure leitmotiv monteith neither omniscient
onomatopoeia peignoir phenolphthalein phthalein prescient proficient
protein reveille Rotweiller science seismic seize seizin sheila society
sovereign specie species sufficient surfeit teiid their weir or weird.
That about covers it.

No wonder spelling gets me in a muddle!

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