'Weird' - How come?

Morthoseth · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:25

Hey, i've probably been told in the past sometime in school - but i'm curious. Maybe i'm being completely stupid here, but i always remember the saying "I before E except after C", what rule in english applies to the word weird?

( |-| |2 ][ $ · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:27

It's a general rule but not a law.

Al Vallario · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:27

Morthoseth said:
Hey, i've probably been told in the past sometime in school - but i'm curious. Maybe i'm being completely stupid here, but i always remember the saying "I before E except after C", what rule in english applies to the word weird?

Weird is a weird one.

It's an exception. There is not a rule for everything. Live with it

Malkie · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:30

beige, cleidoic, codeine, conscience, deify, deity, deign,
dreidel, eider, eight, either, feign, feint, feisty,
foreign, forfeit, freight, gleization, gneiss, greige,
greisen, heifer, heigh-ho, height, heinous, heir, heist,
leitmotiv, neigh, neighbor, neither, peignoir, prescient,
rein, science, seiche, seidel, seine, seismic, seize, sheik,
society, sovereign, surfeit, teiid, veil, vein, weight,
weir, weird

fair few exceptions

Morthoseth · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:32

Thanks for the prompt reply, i was just a little curious

Psyk · 22 Feb 2007 at 23:40

It's one of those rules where there are more exceptions than there are words that follow it.