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Looking for exceptions to that rule:
their weird Raleigh heir weir
...What are some others?
Thanks, WordWishing
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...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...
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"Neither finincier seized either species of weird leisure."
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WW - If you ask WOW and me the first one on your list is *debatable...
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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]
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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]
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(Oh, I'm in *trouble now)Uh huh. Now, you know we've had a little talk about this...
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My usual example to disprove the 'I before e' dictum is, "Neither of their weirs were eight feet in height."
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todays wwftd is... velleity
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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?
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