Looking for exceptions to that rule:

their
weird
Raleigh
heir
weir

...What are some others?

Thanks,
WordWishing

...c or when sounded like a as in neighbor or weigh; thus Raleigh, their, heir are not really exceptions, but actually "Exceptions".

caffeine, codeine, eider, either, feisty, heifer, height,
heist, leisure, neither, protein, seismic, seize, stein...

"Neither finincier seized either species of weird leisure."

WW - If you ask WOW and me the first one on your list is *debatable...

Musick: The first is "their"...what's the debate?

And tsuwm: To throw a monkey wrench into the computer is monkey wrench one word or two...forever seeking the Scrabble builders, Raleigh in North Carolina is pronounced: RAH-lee. [raspberry]

WW

Do a search on all forums over the last year and you'll see that thier are a number of examples which may *warrant thier being a permenant alteration of all of thier spellings (Oh, I'm in *trouble now)... not that thier is anything wrong with the *original version.[end disclaimer]

(Oh, I'm in *trouble now)
Uh huh. Now, you know we've had a little talk about this...

My usual example to disprove the 'I before e' dictum is, "Neither of their weirs were eight feet in height."

todays wwftd is... velleity

tsuwm: I noticed that! It's on the Byrne site, too, and with an accurate definition.

One-horse open sleigh
Eight reindeer...
However, sleight is pronounced differently from the three above, isn't it?

DubDub

Keiva is a good, local example. A couple of y'all like to apply the general rule and call him Kieva.

Is there a message board on this Byrne site?

thier being a permenant alteration of all of thier spellings (Oh, I'm in *trouble now)

Careful musick!...or you might loose your reputation! you brought it up, I didn't