Why r kids taught at school the saying I before e except after c?
It’s an easy way for children to remember the order of the “e” and “i” in common words they will use. A short list of exceptions: albeit ancient atheism beige being caffeine casein cleidoic codeine conscience counterfeit deficient (deficiencies) deify deity deign deil disseize dreidel efficient eider eight either feign feint feisty financier foreign forfeit freight geisha glacier gleization gneiss greige greisen heifer heigh-ho height heinous heir heist inveigle kaleidoscope keister leisure leitmotiv monteith neigh neighbor neither obeisance omniscient onomatopoeia peignoir phenolphthalein phthalein prescient proficient protein reign reimburse rein reinforce reinstate reveille Rotweiller science seeing seiche seidel seine seismic seize seizin sheik sheila society sovereign specie species sufficient surfeit surveillance teiid their veil vein weight weir weird Now while some of these words are more common, I would surely be suprised if my nine year old (having learned that little rhyme i
